To be a holy people : Jewish tradition and ethical values /
Can Jewish tradition face our modern understanding of justice, equality and human progress? The author addresses ancient and modern moral questions. Building on biblical and rabbinic traditions, he analyzes how Jewish ethics relates to Jewish law, fairness, equality and compassion, as well as the ch...
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| Language: | English |
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Jerusalem ; New York :
Urim Publications,
[2021].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Holiness and ethics
- Jewish ethics: foundations, development and future
- What makes halakhic thinking moral?
- Reflections on a Jewish tragedy: the image of God and Jewish morality
- Moralization in Jewish Law: divine commands, rabbinic reasoning and waging a just war
- On liberty and halakhah
- Receiving but not donating organs: ethical and Jewish considerations
- The open Torah of Maimonides
- Religious violence, sacred texts and theological values
- Judaism and the religious other
- Jewish ethics and the future.