Cargando…

Justice for all : how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics /

"Demonstrates how the Jewish Bible radically changed the course of ethical thought and as a result has had enormous influence on later Jewish thought and law, as well as on Christianity and the development of modern Western civilization"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Unterman, Jeremiah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Lincoln : The Jewish Publication Society ; University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Colección:JPS essential Judaism series.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Jewish Bible's unique understanding of God: the ethical relationship of God to the world and humanity
  • 2. The revelation at Sinai: ethical implications of the God-Israel relationship
  • 3. Providing for the disadvantaged: the stranger, the poor, the widow, and the orphan (with a note on slavery)
  • 4. The primacy of morality over ritual: a prophetic innovation
  • 5. The requirement of "Return": the development of repentance from Torah to prophecy (with a note on theodicy)
  • 6. The establishment of hope: the prophetic promise of redemption.