Preface List of contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction, Maria Hausl Part One Torah and Sedaqa in the Pentateuch, the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah and the Book of Isaiah 1. Sedaqa and the Community of the Scribes in Post-Exilic Deuteronomy: A Didactical Perspective -- K¿re Berge, NLA University College, Norway 2. How Torah, Sedaqa, and Prejudice Mapped the Contours of Biblical Restoration -- Jeremiah Cataldo, Grand Valley State University, USA 3. Searching Forces of Group Cohesion in the Books of Nehemiah and Isaiah --Maria H¿usl, University of Dresden, Germany 4. 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 Africa 5. Keep Justice! (Is 56:1) - Thoughts regarding the Concept and Redaction History of a Universal Understanding of Sedaqa -- Judith Gaertner, University of Rostock, Germany Part Two Sedaqa and Torah linked with other concepts: Holiness, Purity/Impurity and Faith 6. Purity/Impurity: Identity Marker and Boundary Maintenance in Postexilic Discourse -- Marianne Grohmann, University of Vienna, Austria 7. Ideas of the Holy.

S edaqa and Torah within a Cultic/Religious System -- Dolores Kamrada, P¿zm¿ny P¿ter Catholic University, Hungary 8. 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, Switzerland 9. Ex 4:24-26 - The Genesis of the 'Torah' of Circumcision in Post-Exilic and Rabbinic Discourses -- Michaela Bauks, University of Koblenz, Germany Index of References Index of Authors.