Justice for all : how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics / / Jeremiah Unterman
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| Autore: |
Unterman Jeremiah
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| Titolo: |
Justice for all : how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics / / Jeremiah Unterman
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : Jewish Publication Society, , 2017 |
| ©2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (pages cm.) |
| Disciplina: | 296.3/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ethics in the Bible |
| Jewish ethics - Biblical teaching | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Justice for all |
| ISBN: | 0-8276-1326-1 |
| 0-8276-1328-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818608303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
JPS essential Judaism series.