Social Justice in the Hebrew Bible: What Is New and What Is Old (Religious Orders)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Considering the extent of social injustice in the world today, how can Christians combine their efforts with those of other concerned people to solve this problem? Social Justice in the Hebrew Bible offers an answer to this question by examining how Israel used the social justice thought of other Near Eastern peoples to face its own justice crises. It uses as its framework the Hebrew Bible's statements about this issue in its law codes, prophetic books, psalms, narrative works, and wisdom literature.Malchow demonstrates that Israel did not originate the concept of social justice. Rathe...
ISBN(s)
0814655238, 9780814655238
