A Short History of Jewish Ethics

Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8941-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 292 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mittleman, Alan L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Philosophie, Aufklärung, Wissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Ethics in the Axial Age
2. Some Aspects of Rabbinic Ethics
3. Medieval Philosophical Ethics
4. Medieval Rabbinic and Kabbalistic Ethics
5. Modern Jewish Ethics
Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.