Past Imperatives: Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish

Past Imperatives: Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics (Jewish Philosophy)
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Past Imperatives explores the nature and development of Jewish ethics by analyzing three important sets of issues: the relationship between Jewish law and ethics, the relationship between Jewish ethics and theology, and the problems and prospects for constructing a contemporary Jewish ethic. The penetrating and provocative essays are drawn from a number of fields, including legal theory, literary theory, and theory of religion. These studies illuminate many previously uninvestigated aspects of Jewish biomedical ethics, covenant theology, and textual interpretation in Judaism. By exploring these issues within the larger context of historical and theoretical work in religious studies, Past Imperatives moves beyond previous work in Jewish ethics, which has largely sought to offer moral guidance from a Jewish perspective. This volume boldly confronts the fact that Judaism encompasses many, sometimes contradictory, ethical perspectives and investigates their theological underpinnings, how they have developed, and how they differ from other moral and/or religious perspectives.
Country USA
Brand State University of New York Press
Manufacturer State University of New York Press
Binding Paperback
Color Blue
UnitCount 1
UPCs 000791438686
EANs 9780791438688
ReleaseDate 1998-08-13

Country	USA
Brand	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
Color	Blue
UnitCount	1
UPCs	000791438686
EANs	9780791438688
ReleaseDate	1998-08-13

Past Imperatives: Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics (Jewish Philosophy)