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Acknowledgments
Introduction
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
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Subjects Index
Index of Hebrew Bible Passages
Jeremiah Unterman is a resident scholar at the Herzl Institute, Jerusalem. He is the author of From Repentance to Redemption: Jeremiah’s Thought in Transition and numerous scholarly articles.
"Certain to inspire readers to seek further study of the Bible in
its ancient context."-Stu Halpern, Jewish Book Council "I recommend
this book as a careful comparative study of biblical ethics,
written by a scholar with strong Jewish values."-Martin Lockshin,
Canadian Jewish News "Unterman’s book will enable us to open the
Bible and will help us understand what it tells us in our time, as
well as in the days when it came into being."-Rabbi Jack Riemer,
Jewish News Service "This book will appeal to general readers
interested in serious Bible study. . . . An excellent choice for
academic, synagogue, and public libraries."-Barbara M. Bibel,
Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews "Justice for All is an
eminently readable description of the Bible’s conception of ethical
monotheism and will be of great interest to anyone who is
interested in ethics, religion, Biblical or ancient Near Eastern
studies."-Abba Engelberg, Jewish Political Studies Review "Justice
for All is an enjoyable read, is well resourced, and is helpful for
those engaged in the study of the Old Testament and those who are
working in biblical ethics. Unterman's book would be a welcome
addition to many libraries, as it fills a void in the literature of
religious ethics."-Andrew J. Spencer, Books at a Glance “A
wonderful work-insightful and important. Jeremiah Unterman never
loses sight of the fact that the Bible’s goal is to create a
holy, moral people. He convincingly demonstrates again and
again that this is not just a modern reading of the Bible but a
statement of its original intent.”-Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author
of Jewish Literacy and Biblical Literacy “Take notice.
Jeremiah Unterman has written a major book that expertly documents
the supremacy of the ethical in the Hebrew Bible. It will affect
not only how you understand the Bible but how you live your
life.”-Dennis Prager, nationally syndicated radio talk-show host
and best-selling author of The Ten Commandments: Still the Greatest
Moral Code
“What makes this a particularly worthy contribution is its
clarity and rigor, organized by topics that are so relevant today:
how we treat the stranger, forgiveness, reconciliation, and
repentance and redemption.”-Dru Johnson, associate professor of
biblical and theological studies at The King’s College
and author of Epistemology and Biblical Theology
“The enduring value of this book is that it demonstrates the
moral imperative that stands at the foundation of the Hebrew Bible
and of Judaism.”-Marvin A. Sweeney, professor of Hebrew Bible at
the Claremont School of Theology and editor of The Cambridge
History of Religions in the Ancient World, volume 1
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