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.