Past Imperatives: Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish EthicsSUNY Press, 1 Oca 1998 - 283 sayfa Past Imperatives explores the nature and development of Jewish ethics by analyzing three important sets of issues: the relationship between Jewish law and ethics, the relationship between Jewish ethics and theology, and the problems and prospects for constructing a contemporary Jewish ethic. The penetrating and provocative essays are drawn from a number of fields, including legal theory, literary theory, and theory of religion. These studies illuminate many previously uninvestigated aspects of Jewish biomedical ethics, covenant theology, and textual interpretation in Judaism. By exploring these issues within the larger context of historical and theoretical work in religious studies, Past Imperatives moves beyond previous work in Jewish ethics, which has largely sought to offer moral guidance from a Jewish perspective. This volume boldly confronts the fact that Judaism encompasses many, sometimes contradictory, ethical perspectives and investigates their theological underpinnings, how they have developed, and how they differ from other moral and/or religious perspectives. |
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Law Virtue and Supererogation in the Halakha The Problem of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin Recontidered | 17 |
Ethics as Law Law as Religion Reflections on the Problem of Law and Ethics in Judaism | 45 |
Covenant and Contract A Framework for the Analytis of Jewish Ethics | 63 |
Ethics and Theology | 81 |
The Quality of Mercy On the Duty to Forgive in the Judaic Tradition | 83 |
Jewish Theology and Bioethics | 101 |
Nature and Torah Creation and Revelation On the Possibility of a Natural Law in Judaism | 117 |
Religious Faith Historical Relativism and the Prospects for Modern Jewish Ethics | 139 |
Woodchoppers and Respitators The Problem of Interpretation in Contemporary Jewith Ethics | 161 |
Text and Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Bioethics | 185 |
Talking Ethics with Strangers A View from Jewish Tradition | 205 |
New Directions in the Study of the Ethics of Judaism | 221 |
Notes | 231 |
References | 265 |
Index | 277 |
Methodological Issues in Contemporary Jewish Ethics | 159 |
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Sayfa 6 - Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers?
Sayfa 5 - We recognize, in the modern era of universal culture of heart and intellect, the approaching of the realization of Israel's great messianic hope for the establishment of the kingdom of truth, justice, and peace among all men. And
Sayfa 5 - We acknowledge that the spirit of broad humanity of our age is our ally in the fulfillment of our mission, and therefore, we extend the hand of fellowship to all who operate with us in the establishment of the reign of truth and righteousness among men.