{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-love-theology-and-morality-in-ancient-judaism-paperback","title":"The Evolution of Love: Theology and Morality in Ancient Judaism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheldon W. Liebman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, an examination of Judaism as it evolved over a period of approximately 1,500 years, is an analysis of the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish writings, with special emphasis on theology and morality. By the middle of the first millennium, with the writing of Deuteronomy, the Psalms, and the works of the prophets, Judaism had embraced the idea that God is a compassionate father; that His relationship with His people is based on love rather than fear; and that His response to their commission of sins is based on the assumption that they are capable of repentance and worthy of forgiveness. In the final stage of its development--culminating in the first and second centuries AD--Judaism was understood to require its adherents to enact the will of God--specifically, to establish a community based on political, economic, and social laws that enforce the principles of justice and mercy. And that process came to be seen as inevitably dependent on human agency--the need for human beings to fulfill God's commandments. In Judaism, loving neighbors (and strangers) came to be understood as the principal--and, for many Jews, the only--way of loving God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheldon W. Liebman was professor emeritus and former chair of humanities at Wilbur Wright College. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Betrayal: Christians and Jews in the First Four Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e (Wipf \u0026amp; Stock, 2018). Among his other thirty-plus scholarly publications are an article on Emerson in the Oxford University Encyclopedia of American Literature, an essay in Harold Bloom's \u003ci\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/i\u003e, and a study of \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e in the Norton Critical Edition of that novel. He received a PhD in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 518\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769715789920,"sku":"9781725274716","price":82.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/98ecGMQ3Kl9781725274716.webp?v=1779695631","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-evolution-of-love-theology-and-morality-in-ancient-judaism-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}