A Short History of Jewish Ethics (eBook)

Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

Alan L. Mittleman (Autor)

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2011
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-4658-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

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

Rezensionen

"This is a fine study and relatively accessible for an
academic work . . . The book is mostly descriptive rather than
evaluative. Dr. Mittleman does seem particularly concerned to show
the value of Jewish ethics to those operating from mainstream
secular philosophical schools of thought. Recommended."
(Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews, 1 September
2012)

"For those with some background, Mittleman provides a
thoughtful tour through a number of seminal moments in Jewish
ethical reflection. Summing Up: Recommended. Some
advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and
researchers/faculty. (Choice, 1 July
2012)
"[It] admirably recounts the Jewish tradition of ethical inquiry
from its biblical beginnings until today. Mittleman is thoroughly
at home in the primary sources and secondary literature. He is also
an expert on contemporary moral philosophy, which enables him to
contextualize Jewish thought within a wider framework of ethical
theory ... He covers a vast amount of information in 200 pages, and
the reader who perseveres will learn much about the broad sweep of
Jewish ethical thinking." (Jewish Ideas Daily)

"This work is a thorough treatment of the history of Jewish Ethics.
It is learned, beautifully written, and truly philosophical insofar
as it deals with the thought of the various thinkers it
covers."

--David Novak, University of Toronto

"A fine piece of work, eminently useful and valuable. Mittleman
wears lightly his formidable range, his scholarship, and his
mastery of the original texts in the Hebrew and German languages.
The result is a learning experience that turns what might have been
daunting into a delightful and exciting adventure."

--Lenn E. Goodman, Vanderbilt University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.10.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Schlagworte: Hasidic, Kabalism, Kabbalistic, Rabbinic Ethics, Hebrew Bible, Torah, Morality, Moses, Mendelssohn • Judentum • Religion • Religion & Theology • Religionsethik • Religion u. Theologie • Religious Ethics
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-4658-X / 144434658X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-4658-9 / 9781444346589