A Short History of Jewish Ethics

Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

Alan L. Mittleman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2011
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-8942-2 (ISBN)

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A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day.

A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day.

Offers an engaging and thoughtful account of Jewish ethics
Brings together and discusses a broad range of historical sources covering two millennia of writings and conversations
Combines current scholarship with original insights
Written by a major internationally recognized scholar of Jewish philosophy and ethics

Alan Mittleman is Professor of Jewish Thought at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. His books include Hope in a Democratic Age (2009) and The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah (2000). Mittleman's work seeks to bring Jewish thought into a constructive conversation with ethics, political theory, and philosophy of religion.

Acknowledgments viii Introduction 1

1 Ethics in the Axial Age 16

2 Some Aspects of Rabbinic Ethics 52

3 Medieval Philosophical Ethics 88

4 Medieval Rabbinic and Kabbalistic Ethics 124

5 Modern Jewish Ethics 156

Conclusion 199

Index 202

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.12.2011
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 239 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-10	1-4051-8942-8 / 1405189428
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-8942-2 / 9781405189422
Zustand	Neuware