| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 292 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
JPS essential Judaism series
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JPS essential Judaism series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Ethics in the Bible.
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Ethics in the Bible. |
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Jewish ethics -- Biblical teaching.
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Jewish ethics. |
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Biblical teaching. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Unterman, Jeremiah. Justice for all. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016] 9780827612709 (DLC) 2016038361 |
| ISBN |
9780827613263 (electronic book) |
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0827613261 (electronic book) |
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9780827613287 (electronic book) |
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0827613288 (electronic book) |
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9780827613270 (electronic book) |
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082761327X (electronic book) |
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9780827612709 (hardcover) |
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