Making of Jewish Universalism

"The Making of Jewish Universalism: From Exile to Alexandria explores two kinds of uniersalist thought that circulated among Jewish in the Greco-Roman world. The first, which is founded on the idea that all people may worship the One True God in an engaged and sustained manner, originates in biblical prophetic literature. The second, which underscores a common ethic that all people share, arose in the second century BCE. This study offers one definition of Jewish universalism that applies to both of thes etypes of universalist thought: universalist literature presumes that all people, regardless of religion and ethnicity, have access to a relationship with the Israelite God and the benefits promised to those loyal fo this God, without demanding that they participate in the Israelite community as a Jew." -- back cover