Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Catholic Privat University Linz, Austria. Maria Häusl is Professor of Biblical Studies at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.

This is a well-edited conference volume of specialized studies. Its chief value lies in promulgating current discussion of this issue to a wider audience. For such audiences, this book will doubtless prove helpful.

• PrefaceList of contributorsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction, Maria HauslPart One Torah and Sedaqa in the Pentateuch, the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah and the Book of Isaiah1. Sedaqa and the Community of the Scribes in Post-Exilic Deuteronomy: A Didactical Perspective -- Kåre Berge, NLA University College, Norway2. How Torah, Sedaqa, and Prejudice Mapped the Contours of Biblical Restoration -- Jeremiah Cataldo, Grand Valley State University, USA3. Searching Forces of Group Cohesion in the Books of Nehemiah and Isaiah --Maria Häusl, University of Dresden, Germany4. The Role and Function of Sedaqa and Torah in the Introduction to the Book of Isaiah (1:1-2:5) -- Alphonso Groenewald, University of Pretoria, South Africa5. Keep Justice! (Is 56:1) – Thoughts regarding the Concept and Redaction History of a Universal Understanding of Sedaqa -- Judith Gaertner, University of Rostock, GermanyPart Two Sedaqa and Torah linked with other concepts: Holiness, Purity/Impurity and Faith6. Purity/Impurity: Identity Marker and Boundary Maintenance in Postexilic Discourse -- Marianne Grohmann, University of Vienna, Austria7. Ideas of the Holy. Sedaqa and Torah within a Cultic/Religious System -- Dolores Kamrada, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary8. How is Justice Referred to Faith? Some Reflections on the Hellenistic Jewish tradition of the Reciprocal Relationship Between Obedience to Torah and Righteousness and their Reception in the New Testament with Special Focus on the Letter to the Romans. -- Christina Tuor, University of Basel, Switzerland9. Ex 4:24-26 - The Genesis of the ‘Torah‘ of Circumcision in Post-Exilic and Rabbinic Discourses -- Michaela Bauks, University of Koblenz, GermanyIndex of ReferencesIndex of Authors

Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Catholic Privat University Linz, Austria. Maria Häusl is Professor of Biblical Studies at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.

This is a well-edited conference volume of specialized studies. Its chief value lies in promulgating current discussion of this issue to a wider audience. For such audiences, this book will doubtless prove helpful.

• PrefaceList of contributorsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction, Maria HauslPart One Torah and Sedaqa in the Pentateuch, the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah and the Book of Isaiah1. Sedaqa and the Community of the Scribes in Post-Exilic Deuteronomy: A Didactical Perspective -- Kåre Berge, NLA University College, Norway2. How Torah, Sedaqa, and Prejudice Mapped the Contours of Biblical Restoration -- Jeremiah Cataldo, Grand Valley State University, USA3. Searching Forces of Group Cohesion in the Books of Nehemiah and Isaiah --Maria Häusl, University of Dresden, Germany4. The Role and Function of Sedaqa and Torah in the Introduction to the Book of Isaiah (1:1-2:5) -- Alphonso Groenewald, University of Pretoria, South Africa5. Keep Justice! (Is 56:1) – Thoughts regarding the Concept and Redaction History of a Universal Understanding of Sedaqa -- Judith Gaertner, University of Rostock, GermanyPart Two Sedaqa and Torah linked with other concepts: Holiness, Purity/Impurity and Faith6. Purity/Impurity: Identity Marker and Boundary Maintenance in Postexilic Discourse -- Marianne Grohmann, University of Vienna, Austria7. Ideas of the Holy. Sedaqa and Torah within a Cultic/Religious System -- Dolores Kamrada, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary8. How is Justice Referred to Faith? Some Reflections on the Hellenistic Jewish tradition of the Reciprocal Relationship Between Obedience to Torah and Righteousness and their Reception in the New Testament with Special Focus on the Letter to the Romans. -- Christina Tuor, University of Basel, Switzerland9. Ex 4:24-26 - The Genesis of the ‘Torah‘ of Circumcision in Post-Exilic and Rabbinic Discourses -- Michaela Bauks, University of Koblenz, GermanyIndex of ReferencesIndex of Authors

Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Catholic Privat University Linz, Austria. Maria Häusl is Professor of Biblical Studies at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.

This is a well-edited conference volume of specialized studies. Its chief value lies in promulgating current discussion of this issue to a wider audience. For such audiences, this book will doubtless prove helpful.

• PrefaceList of contributorsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction, Maria HauslPart One Torah and Sedaqa in the Pentateuch, the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah and the Book of Isaiah1. Sedaqa and the Community of the Scribes in Post-Exilic Deuteronomy: A Didactical Perspective -- Kåre Berge, NLA University College, Norway2. How Torah, Sedaqa, and Prejudice Mapped the Contours of Biblical Restoration -- Jeremiah Cataldo, Grand Valley State University, USA3. Searching Forces of Group Cohesion in the Books of Nehemiah and Isaiah --Maria Häusl, University of Dresden, Germany4. The Role and Function of Sedaqa and Torah in the Introduction to the Book of Isaiah (1:1-2:5) -- Alphonso Groenewald, University of Pretoria, South Africa5. Keep Justice! (Is 56:1) – Thoughts regarding the Concept and Redaction History of a Universal Understanding of Sedaqa -- Judith Gaertner, University of Rostock, GermanyPart Two Sedaqa and Torah linked with other concepts: Holiness, Purity/Impurity and Faith6. Purity/Impurity: Identity Marker and Boundary Maintenance in Postexilic Discourse -- Marianne Grohmann, University of Vienna, Austria7. Ideas of the Holy. Sedaqa and Torah within a Cultic/Religious System -- Dolores Kamrada, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary8. How is Justice Referred to Faith? Some Reflections on the Hellenistic Jewish tradition of the Reciprocal Relationship Between Obedience to Torah and Righteousness and their Reception in the New Testament with Special Focus on the Letter to the Romans. -- Christina Tuor, University of Basel, Switzerland9. Ex 4:24-26 - The Genesis of the ‘Torah‘ of Circumcision in Post-Exilic and Rabbinic Discourses -- Michaela Bauks, University of Koblenz, GermanyIndex of ReferencesIndex of Authors