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A Short History of Jewish Ethics

Conduct and Character in the Context of Covenant

Mittleman, Alan L.

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1. Auflage Dezember 2011
224 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

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Religious scholar Alan Mittleman explores Jewish moral concepts through Jewish historical sources, beginning with the Bible. He covers various types of rabbinic, medieval philosophical and popular pietistic literature, and modern Jewish thought, as well as traditional Jewish work on ethics in the modern period and a consideration of contemporary Jewish ethics. From Moses and Mendelssohn to modern figures such as Emmanuel Levinas, A Short History of Jewish Ethics offers fascinating insights into the evolution of the historical voices and writings that remain woven into the fabric of contemporary Jewish consciousness.

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A Short 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 conversations
* Combines current scholarship with original insights
* Written by a major internationally recognized scholar of Jewish philosophy and ethics

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Ethics in the Axial Age
2. Some Aspects of Rabbinic Ethics
3. Medieval Philosophical Ethics
4. Medieval Rabbinic and Kabbalistic Ethics
5. Modern Jewish Ethics
Conclusion
Index
"This is a fine study and relatively accessible for an academic work . . . The book is mostly descriptive rather than evaluative. Dr. Mittleman does seem particularly concerned to show the value of Jewish ethics to those operating from mainstream secular philosophical schools of thought. Recommended." (Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews, 1 September 2012)

"For those with some background, Mittleman provides a thoughtful tour through a number of seminal moments in Jewish ethical reflection. Summing Up: Recommended. Some advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty. (Choice, 1 July 2012) "[It] admirably recounts the Jewish tradition of ethical inquiry from its biblical beginnings until today. Mittleman is thoroughly at home in the primary sources and secondary literature. He is also an expert on contemporary moral philosophy, which enables him to contextualize Jewish thought within a wider framework of ethical theory ... He covers a vast amount of information in 200 pages, and the reader who perseveres will learn much about the broad sweep of Jewish ethical thinking." Jewish Ideas Daily
Alan Mittleman is Professor of Jewish Thought at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. His books include Hope in a Democratic Age (2009) and The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah (2000). Mittleman's work seeks to bring Jewish thought into a constructive conversation with ethics, political theory, and philosophy of religion.

A. L. Mittleman, The Jewish Theological Seminary, USA