Research Catalog

Title

Morality and religion : the Jewish story / Avi Sagi ; translated by Batya Stein.

Author

Sagi, Abraham

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

Stein, Batya

Description

xi, 346 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"The relationship between morality and religion has long been controversial, familiar in its formulation as Euthyphros dilemma: Is an act right because God commanded it or did God command it because it is right. In Morality and Religion: The Jewish Story, renowned scholar Avi Sagi marshals the breadth of philosophical and hermeneutical tools to examine this relationship in Judaism from two perspectives. The first considers whether Judaism adopted a thesis widespread in other monotheistic religions known as 'divine command morality,' making morality contingent on Gods command. The second deals with the ways Jewish tradition grapples with conflicts between religious and moral obligations. After examining a broad spectrum of Jewish sourcesincluding Talmudic literature, Halakhah, Aggadah, Jewish philosophy, and liturgySagi concludes that mainstream Jewish tradition consistently refrains from attempts to endorse divine command morality or resolve conflicts by invoking a divine command. Rather, the central strand in Judaism perceives God and humans as inhabiting the same moral community and bound by the same moral obligations. When conflicts emerge between moral and religious instructions, Jewish tradition interprets religious norms so that they ultimately pass the moral test. This mainstream voice is anchored in the meaning of Jewish law, which is founded on human autonomy and rationality, and in the relationship with God that is assumed in this tradition"--

Series Statement

Jewish thought and philosophy

Uniform Title

Jewish thought and philosophy.

Subject

• Jewish ethics
• Divine commands (Ethics)

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Hebrew.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Part I Moralitys Dependence on Religion in Jewish Tradition -- 2. Between the Duty of Obedience and the Thesis of Dependence -- 3. DCM in Rabbinic Literature -- 4. DCM in Jewish Thought -- 5. The Autonomous Perspective in Jewish Thought -- Part II The Autonomous Perspective in Halakhah -- 6. R. Israel Moses Hazan: Particularism and Universalism -- 7. R. Shimon Shkop: Religious Commands and Legal Obligations -- 8. R. Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel: Exclusivity and Moral Autonomy -- Part III The Conflict Between Morality and Religion -- 9. You Are Called Men : Between Jew and Gentile -- 10. He Slew the Egyptian : On Moses Act and Morality -- 11. Her Ways Are Ways of Pleasantness : Uprooting a Torah Law -- 12. The Akedah in Jewish Tradition -- Part IV Theoretical Foundations -- 13. Halakhah and the Dependence Thesis -- 14. Concluding Reflections.

Call Number

JFD 22-1187

ISBN

• 9783030822415
• 3030822419

LCCN

9783030822415

OCLC

1269196589

Author

Sagi, Abraham, author.

Title

Morality and religion : the Jewish story / Avi Sagi ; translated by Batya Stein.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Edition

Extensively updated version of the Hebrew original.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Jewish thought and philosophy

Jewish thought and philosophy.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339) and index.

Language

Translated from the Hebrew.

Added Author

Stein, Batya, translator.

Other Standard Identifier

9783030822415

Research Call Number

JFD 22-1187