Judaic sources and western thought: Jerusalem's enduring presence

This volume focuses on the distinct character of Judaic thought concerning moral value, the individual human being, the nature of political order, relations between human beings, and between human beings and God. The work of ten scholars, it draws on moral philosophy, philosophy of religion, ethics, Jewish intellectual history, and theology. INDICE: Jonathan Jacobs: Introduction; I: Some Judaic Roots; 1: Alan Mittleman: The Durability of Goodness; 2: Kenneth Seeskin: Judaism and the Idea of the Future; II: Judaic Culture and Politics; 3: Steven Grosby: Hebraism: The Third Culture; 4: Yorum Hazony: The Political Thought of the Biblical History, Genesis-Kings; III: Fundamental Elements of Morality and Moral Psychology; 5: Jonathan Jacobs: Tradition, Rationality, and Moral Life: Medieval Judaism's Insight; 6: David Novak: Natural Law and Jewish Philosophy; IV: Medieval and Moral Politics: Maimonides and Spinoza on Reason and Revelation; 7: Daniel H. Frank: The Politics of Fear: Idolatry and Superstition in Maimonides and Spinoza;8: Edward C. Halper: Torah as Political Philosophy: Maimonides and Spinoza onReligious Law; V: Moral Philosophy: Enduring Influences and Continued Borrowings; 9: Ze'ev Maghen: Dancing in Chains: The Baffling Coexistence of Legalism and Exuberance in Judaic and Islamic Tradition; 10: Lenn E. Goodman: Individuality

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958315-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés