TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bentley,Philip J.
AU  - Bry,Lynn
AU  - Freehof,Solomon B.
AU  - Jacob,Walter
AU  - Mikva,Rachel S.
AU  - Rayner,John D.
AU  - Zemer,Moshe
AU  - Zemer‹/a›,‹a›Moshe
TI  - The Environment in Jewish Law: Essays and Responsa 
T2  - Progressive Halakhah
SN  - 9781800735064
U1  - 296.3/8 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Environmental law (Jewish law)
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; Chapter 1 ECO-JUDAISM: DOES IT EXIST? --; Chapter 2 ECOLOGY AS AMITZVAH --; Chapter 3 WHEN VALUES COLLIDE --; Chapter 4 URBAN PLANNING IN JEWISH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW --; Chapter 5 JUDAISM AND ANIMALWELFARE --; SELECTED REFORM RESPONSA --; THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROPERTY RIGHTS --; ASBESTOS VERSUS REFUGEES --; EARLY ZIONISM, THE BIBLICAL LANDSCAPE, AND ECOLOGY --; TORAH ARK AND ECOLOGY --; RECYCLING SACRED BOOKS AND THE GENIZAH --; SHREDDING RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO PROTECT GOD’S NAME --; THE USE OF TOBACCO --; RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD PETS --; JEWISH INVOLVEMENT IN GENETIC ENGINEERING --; CONTRIBUTORS; restricted access
N2  - Environmental concerns are at the top of the agenda around the world. Judaism, like the other world religions, only rarely raised issues concerning the environment in the past. This means that modern Judaism, the halakhic tradition no less than others, must build on a slim foundation in its efforts to give guidance. The essays in this volume mark the beginning of a new effort to face questions and formulate answers of vital importance
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800735064?locatt=mode:legacy
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ER  -