Benor, Ehud.

Ethical Monotheism : A Philosophy of Judaism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (308 pages) - Routledge Jewish Studies Series . - Routledge Jewish Studies Series .

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: holistic study of Judaism -- 1 The tree of knowledge: limits of God's power over chaos -- 2 Afflictions of love: rabbinic moral psychology -- 3 Cosmological Halakha: Maimonides's ethico-theology -- 4 Theosophic Torah: a kabbalist theory of justice -- 5 Before the law: Buber and Levinas - totality vs. transcendence -- 6 Concluding Reflections -- Postscript: Can Judaism become archaic? -- Appendix 1: Translations of tamim in KJV -- Appendix 2: Partial translations of sections from Hilkhot DeĘżot -- Index.

The book proposes a holistic model for study of religion and demonstrates its value by means of a multifaceted account of relations between religion and ethics in Judaism.

9781351263955


God (Judaism).


Electronic books.

BJ1285.2 .B465 2018

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