A short history of Jewish ethics : conduct and character in the context of covenant / Alan L. Mittleman.
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TextPublisher: Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (viii, 211 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444346589; 144434658X; 9781444346596; 1444346598; 9781444346619; 144434661X; 140518941X; 9781405189415; 1405189428; 9781405189422Subject(s): Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. Old Testament | Jewish ethics -- History | Ethics in the Bible | Ethics in rabbinical literature | Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism | Jewish philosophy -- History | Cabala -- History | RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology | Cabala | Ethics in rabbinical literature | Ethics in the Bible | Jewish ethics | Jewish philosophy | Rabbinical literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Criticism, interpretation, etc. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Short history of Jewish ethics.DDC classification: 296.3/609 LOC classification: BJ1280 | .M58 2012ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
AShort 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 conversationsCombines current scholarship with original insightsWritten by a major internationally recognized scholar of Jewish philosophy and ethics.
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Ethics in the Axial Age; Moral Realism and Divine Command; Holiness, Goodness, and the Emulation of God; Agency, Free Will, and Responsibility; Hebraism and Hellenism; 2 Some Aspects of Rabbinic Ethics; Midrash: Virtuous Character and Conduct; Ethical Tractates: Moral Motivation; Talmud and Talion; 3 Medieval Philosophical Ethics; Theories of Virtue and Obligation; Saadya Gaon; Ba?ya ibn Pakuda; Maimonides; 4 Medieval Rabbinic and Kabbalistic Ethics; Moshe ben Na?man; Jonah Gerondi; Ba?ya ben Asher; Isaac Aboab.
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