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Judaism and Environmental Ethics
A Reader
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2002
Summary
Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in confronting the current crisis? Yaffe's extensive introduction analyzes and appraises the anthologized essays, each of which serves to deepen and enrich our understanding of current reflection on Judaism and environmental ethics. Brought together in one volume for the first time, the most important scholars in the field touch on diverse disciplines including deep ecology, political philosophy, and biblical hermeneutics. This ambitious book illustrates—precisely because of its interdisciplinary focus—how longstanding disagreements and controversies may spark further interchange among ecologists, Jews, and philosophers. Both accessible and thoroughly scholarly, this dialogue will benefit anyone interested in ethical and religious considerations of contemporary ecology.
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Copyright year
2002
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-0117-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-585-38365-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
423
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 70
1 On Classical Judaism and Environmental Crisis Jeremy Cohen No access
2 The Hebrew View of Nature E. L. Allen No access
3 Concepts of Nature in the Hebrew Bible Jeanne Kay No access
4 The Forestry of the Prophets AIdo Leopold No access
5 The Agricultural and Ecological Symbolism of the Four Species of Sukkot Arthur Schaffer No access
6 Judaism and the Practice of Stewardship David Ehrenfeld and Philip J. Bentley No access
7 Man and Nature in the Sabbatical Year Gerald Blidstein No access
8 Commentary on the Book of Genesis, Chapter 1 Robert D. Sacks No access
9 Our Covenant with Stones: A Jewish Ecology of Earth Bradley Shavit Artson No access
10 Created in the Image of God: Humanity and Divinity in an Age of Environmentalism Lawrence Troster No access
11 Is Gaia Jewish? Finding a Framework for Radical Ecology in Traditional Judaism Eric Rosenblum No access
12 "One, Walking and Studying ...": Nature vs. Torah jeremy Benstein No access
13 Bal Tashchit: A Jewish Environmental Precept Eilon Schwartz No access
14 Contemporary Problems in Ethics from a Jewish Perspective Hans Jonas No access
15 The Unnatural Jew Steven S. Schwarzschild No access
16 Some Thoughts on Nature and Judaism David Ehrenfeld and Joan G. Ehrenfeld No access
17 Comments on the Unnatural Jew Jeanne Kay No access
18 Judaism and the Sanctification of Nature Michael Wyschogrod No access
19 Judaism and Nature: Theological and Moral Issues to Consider While Renegotiating a Jewish Relationship to the Natural World Eilon Schwartz No access
20 Nature's Healing Power, the Holocaust, and the Environmental Crisis Eric Katz No access
21 Ethical Issues of Animal Welfare in Jewish Thought Ze'ev Levy No access
22 Judaism and Animal Experimentation J. David Bleich No access
23 Vegetarianism and Judaism J. David Bleich No access
