{"product_id":"torah-and-its-god-a-humanist-inquiry-9781573928205","title":"Torah and Its God: A Humanist Inquiry","description":"This detailed examination of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) lays particular emphasis on the role and character of the Torah's transcendent God, as its central protagonist. Viewing both the Torah and its God as purely human creations, humanist Jordan Jay Hillman seeks in no way to devalue this hugely influential book. His aim instead is to reinterpret it as a still vital text that used theistic means appropriate to its time to inspire a people toward their worthiest human purposes. It is thus for its \"timeless themes\" rather than its \"dated particularities\" (including its model of a transcendent God) that we should honor the Torah in our time as both the wellspring of Judaic culture and a major influence on Christian and Islamic ethics and morals. \u003cbr\u003eFrom his humanist perspective and his background as a lawyer and professor of law at Northwestern University (now emeritus), Hillman offers many insights into the narrative and wide-ranging legal code of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy-including their many contradictions and anomalies. His analysis draws on a broad scholarly consensus regarding the \"Documentary Theory,\" as it bears on the identities and periods of the Torah's human sources. \u003cbr\u003eThis thorough explication of an often misunderstood ancient text will help humanists, and many theists alike, to appreciate the rich moral, ethical, and cultural heritage of the Torah and its enduring relevance to our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prometheus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573928205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.44d","brand":"Jordan Jay Hillman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239159361717,"sku":"9781573928205","price":39.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_76319bd1-7ee7-4af6-872b-4719a033c7ed.jpg?v=1770917018","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/torah-and-its-god-a-humanist-inquiry-9781573928205","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}