Research Catalog

Title

Past imperatives : studies in the history and theory of Jewish ethics / Louis E. Newman.

Author

Newman, Louis E., 1956-

Publication

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998.

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Details

Description

xiii, 283 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

SUNY series in Jewish philosophy

Uniform Title

SUNY series in Jewish philosophy.

Subject

• Jewish ethics > Philosophy
• Jewish law > Philosophy
• Judaism > Doctrines
• Bioethics
• Judaism > history
• Ethics
• Bioethics
• Jüdische Ethik
• Jodendom
• Ethiek
• Jewish ethics > History
• Jüdische Ethik

Note

• Several of the chapters in this book were originally published as journal articles between 1987 and 1993.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278) and index.

Contents

Ethics and Law -- Law, Virtue, and Supererogation in the Halakha: The Problem of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin Reconsidered -- Ethics as Law, Law as Religion: Reflections on the Problem of Law and Ethics in Judaism -- Covenant and Contract: A Framework for the Analysis of Jewish Ethics -- Ethics and Theology -- The Quality of Mercy: On the Duty to Forgive in the Judaic Tradition -- Jewish Theology and Bioethics -- Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation: On the Possibility of a Natural Law in Judaism -- Religious Faith, Historical Relativism, and the Prospects for Modern Jewish Ethics -- Methodological Issues in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Woodchoppers and Respirators: The Problem of Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Text and Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Bioethics -- Talking Ethics with Strangers: A View from Jewish Tradition -- Conclusion: New Directions in the Study of the Ethics of Judaism.

ISBN

• 0791438678
• 9780791438671
• 0791438686
• 9780791438688

LCCN

97038798

OCLC

• ocm37813498
• 37813498
• SCSB-413009

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library