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Dharma and halacha : comparative studies in Hindu-Jewish philosophy and religion / edited by Ithamar Theodor and Yudit Kornberg Greenberg.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in comparative philosophy and religionPublisher: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781498512800
  • 1498512801
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dharma and halachaDDC classification:
  • 294.5/156 23
LOC classification:
  • BM536.H5
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Ritual and Sacrifice; 1 Image Worship and Sacrifice; 2 Shakthi Garbha as Ark of the Covenant at an American Hindu Goddess Temple; 3 Working toward a More Perfect World; Part II Ethics; 4 Dharma and Halacha; 5 Humane Subjects and Eating Animals; 6 Animal Justice and Moral Mendacity; 7 Lethal Wives and Impure Widows; Part III Theology; 8 The Guru and the Zaddik and the Testimony of the Holy Ones
9 Reading Eros, Sacred Place, and Divine Love in the Gītāgovinda and Shir Ha-Shirim10 On the Comparative Realization of Aesthetic Consciousness in Kabbalah and Tantra; 11 On the AUM and the Tetragrammaton; Epilogue; Index; About the Contributors
Summary: "This work provides an anthology of close textual readings and examinations of a wide range of topics by leading scholars in interreligious scholarship and Hindu-Jewish dialogue, offering innovative approaches to categories such as ritual, sacrifice, ethics, and theology while underscoring affinities between Hindu and Jewish philosophy and religion" -- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This work provides an anthology of close textual readings and examinations of a wide range of topics by leading scholars in interreligious scholarship and Hindu-Jewish dialogue, offering innovative approaches to categories such as ritual, sacrifice, ethics, and theology while underscoring affinities between Hindu and Jewish philosophy and religion" -- Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Ritual and Sacrifice; 1 Image Worship and Sacrifice; 2 Shakthi Garbha as Ark of the Covenant at an American Hindu Goddess Temple; 3 Working toward a More Perfect World; Part II Ethics; 4 Dharma and Halacha; 5 Humane Subjects and Eating Animals; 6 Animal Justice and Moral Mendacity; 7 Lethal Wives and Impure Widows; Part III Theology; 8 The Guru and the Zaddik and the Testimony of the Holy Ones

9 Reading Eros, Sacred Place, and Divine Love in the Gītāgovinda and Shir Ha-Shirim10 On the Comparative Realization of Aesthetic Consciousness in Kabbalah and Tantra; 11 On the AUM and the Tetragrammaton; Epilogue; Index; About the Contributors