Justice for all : how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Unterman, Jeremiah (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Lincoln : The Jewish Publication Society ; University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Series:	JPS essential Judaism series.
Subjects:	Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc. Ethics in the Bible. Jewish ethics > Biblical teaching. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.