| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 292 pages) |
| Series |
JPS essential Judaism series |
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JPS essential Judaism series.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2017) |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Ethics in the Bible.
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Jewish ethics -- Biblical teaching
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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Ethics in the Bible
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016039040 |
| ISBN |
9780827613263 |
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0827613261 |
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9780827613287 |
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0827613288 |
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9780827613270 |
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082761327X |
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0827612702 |
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9780827612709 |
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