| Description |
1 online resource (284 pages) |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Oxford scholarship online. Religion module
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| Contents |
Part I. Some Judaic roots -- ch. 1. The durability of goodness / Alan Mittleman -- ch. 2. Judaism and the idea of the future / Kenneth Seeskin -- Part II. Judaic culture and politics -- ch. 3. Hebraism : the third culture / Steven Grosby -- ch. 4. The political thought of the biblical history, Genesis-Kings / Yoram Hazony -- Part III. Fundamental elements of morality and moral psychology -- ch. 5. Tradition, rationality, and moral life : medieval Judaism's insight / Jonathan A. Jacobs -- ch. 6. Natural law and Jewish philosophy / David Noval -- Part IV. Medieval and modern politics : Maimonides and Spinoza on reason and revelation -- ch. 7. The politics of fear : idolatry and superstition in Maimonides and Spinoza / Daniel H. Frank -- ch. 8. Torah as political philosophy : Maimonides and Spinoza on religious law / Edward C. Halper -- Part V. Moral personality : enduring influences and continued borrowings -- ch. 9. Dancing in chains : the baffling coexistence of legalism and exuberance in Judaic and Islamic tradition / Ze'ev Maghen -- ch. 10. Individuality / Lenn E. Goodman |
| Summary |
This volume focuses on the distinct character of Judaic thought concerning moral value, the individual human being, the nature of political order, relations between human beings, & between human beings & God. The work of 10 scholars, it draws on moral philosophy, philosophy of religion, ethics, Jewish intellectual history & theology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-272) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jewish ethics.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology.
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Jewish ethics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jacobs, Jonathan A
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| ISBN |
9780191618338 |
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0191618330 |
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0191728950 |
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9780191728952 |
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