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Past imperatives : studies in the history and theory of Jewish ethics / Louis E. Newman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in Jewish philosophyPublication details: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages)Content type:
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  • 9781438414645
  • 1438414641
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Past imperatives.DDC classification:
  • 296.3/6 21
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  • BJ1285 .N49 1998eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ethics: Applied and Theoretical, Prescriptive and Descriptive -- The Modern Study of Jewish Ethics -- Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics -- Content -- Part One: Ethics and Law -- Law, Virtue, and Supererogation in the Halakha -- The Problem of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin Reconsidered -- Talmudic Sources -- The Status of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin
Interpreting Lifnim Mishurat Radin: A Fresh PerspectiveEthics as Law, Law as Religion -- Reflections on the Problem of Law and Ethics in Judaism -- The Evidence -- The Parameters of the Debate -- Reframing the Issues -- Law and Ethics in the Context of Judaism as a Religious System -- Covenant and Contract -- A Framework for the Analysis of Jewish Ethics -- The Centrality of Covenant -- Covenant and Contract: A Typology of Relationships -- Covenant Theologies and Jewish Ethics -- Conclusions -- Part Two: Ethics and Theology -- The Quality of Mercy
On the Duty to Forgive in the Judaic TraditionA Philosophical Model of Forgiveness -- Judaic Sources on Forgiveness -- The Theological Foundation of the Duty to Forgive -- Jewish Theology and Bioethics -- The Character of Traditional Jewish Ethics -- Some Principles of Jewish Biomedical Ethics -- Jewish Medical Ethics in a Wider Context -- Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation -- On the Possibility of a Natural Law in Judaism -- Natural Law: Issues of Definition -- Natural Law in Judaism: Redefining the Question, Reexamining the Texts
Nature and Torah, Creation and RevelationReligious Faith, Historical Relativism, and the Prospects for Modern Jewish Ethics -- Revelation, Historicism, and the Search for Moral Norms -- God's Presence in History: Reconstructing Jewish Theology -- Jewish Theology, Covenant, and Ethics -- Part Three: Methodological Issues in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Woodchoppers and Respirators -- The Problem of Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics: Description and Analysis -- The Interpretation of Texts in a Legal Tradition
Contemporary Jewish Ethics-A ReassessmentText and Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Bioethics -- Jewish Ethics in the Modern World -- Models in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- The Hermeneutics of Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- The Concept of Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Talking Ethics with Strangers -- A View from Jewish Tradition -- The Nature of Secular Bioethics -- How Judaism Can Contribute to Secular Bioethics -- Englehardt and Secular Bioethics Revisited -- Conclusion -- New Directions in the Study ofthe Ethics of Judaism
Summary: Explores central questions in the history and theory of Jewish ethics, namely, the relationship between ethics and law, the relationship between ethics and theology, and the problems and prospects for constructing a contemporary Jewish ethic.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)549421

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Several of the chapters in this book were originally published as journal articles between 1987 and 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-278) and index.

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Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ethics: Applied and Theoretical, Prescriptive and Descriptive -- The Modern Study of Jewish Ethics -- Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics -- Content -- Part One: Ethics and Law -- Law, Virtue, and Supererogation in the Halakha -- The Problem of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin Reconsidered -- Talmudic Sources -- The Status of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin

Interpreting Lifnim Mishurat Radin: A Fresh PerspectiveEthics as Law, Law as Religion -- Reflections on the Problem of Law and Ethics in Judaism -- The Evidence -- The Parameters of the Debate -- Reframing the Issues -- Law and Ethics in the Context of Judaism as a Religious System -- Covenant and Contract -- A Framework for the Analysis of Jewish Ethics -- The Centrality of Covenant -- Covenant and Contract: A Typology of Relationships -- Covenant Theologies and Jewish Ethics -- Conclusions -- Part Two: Ethics and Theology -- The Quality of Mercy

On the Duty to Forgive in the Judaic TraditionA Philosophical Model of Forgiveness -- Judaic Sources on Forgiveness -- The Theological Foundation of the Duty to Forgive -- Jewish Theology and Bioethics -- The Character of Traditional Jewish Ethics -- Some Principles of Jewish Biomedical Ethics -- Jewish Medical Ethics in a Wider Context -- Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation -- On the Possibility of a Natural Law in Judaism -- Natural Law: Issues of Definition -- Natural Law in Judaism: Redefining the Question, Reexamining the Texts

Nature and Torah, Creation and RevelationReligious Faith, Historical Relativism, and the Prospects for Modern Jewish Ethics -- Revelation, Historicism, and the Search for Moral Norms -- God's Presence in History: Reconstructing Jewish Theology -- Jewish Theology, Covenant, and Ethics -- Part Three: Methodological Issues in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Woodchoppers and Respirators -- The Problem of Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics: Description and Analysis -- The Interpretation of Texts in a Legal Tradition

Contemporary Jewish Ethics-A ReassessmentText and Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Bioethics -- Jewish Ethics in the Modern World -- Models in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- The Hermeneutics of Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- The Concept of Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Talking Ethics with Strangers -- A View from Jewish Tradition -- The Nature of Secular Bioethics -- How Judaism Can Contribute to Secular Bioethics -- Englehardt and Secular Bioethics Revisited -- Conclusion -- New Directions in the Study ofthe Ethics of Judaism

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Explores central questions in the history and theory of Jewish ethics, namely, the relationship between ethics and law, the relationship between ethics and theology, and the problems and prospects for constructing a contemporary Jewish ethic.

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