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Twentieth century continental thinkers such as Bergson, Levinas and
Jonas have brought fresh and renewed attentions to Jewish ethics,
yet it still remains fairly low profile in the Anglophone academic
world. This collection of critical essays brings together the work
of established and up-and-coming scholars from Israel, the United
States, and around the world on the topic of Jewish religious and
philosophical ethics. The chapters are broken into three main
sections - Rabbinics, Philosophy, and Contemporary Challenges. The
authors address, using a variety of research strategies, the work
of both major and lesser-known figures in historical Jewish
religious and philosophical traditions. The book discusses a wide
variety of topics related to Jewish ethics, including "ethics and
the Mishnah," "Afro Jewish ethics," "Jewish historiographical
ethics," as well as the conceptual/philosophical foundations of the
law and virtues in the work of Martin Buber, Hermann Cohen, and
Baruch Spinoza.The volume closes with four contributions on
present-day frontiers in Jewish ethics. As the first book to focus
on the nature, scope and ramifications of the Jewish ethics at work
in religious and philosophical contexts, this book will be of great
interest to anyone studying Jewish Studies, Philosophy and
Religion.
This volume offers a new translation of the Pseudo-Clementine
family narrative here known as The Sorrows of Mattidia. It contains
a full introduction which explores the obscured origins of the
text, the plot, and main characters, and engages in a comparison of
the portrayal of pagan, Jewish, and Christian women in this text
with what we encounter in other literature. It also discusses a
general strategy for how historians can utilize fictional
narratives like this when examining the lives of women in the
ancient world. This translation makes this fascinating source for
late antique women available in this form for the first time.
This volume offers a new translation of the Pseudo-Clementine
family narrative here known as The Sorrows of Mattidia. It contains
a full introduction which explores the obscured origins of the
text, the plot, and main characters, and engages in a comparison of
the portrayal of pagan, Jewish, and Christian women in this text
with what we encounter in other literature. It also discusses a
general strategy for how historians can utilize fictional
narratives like this when examining the lives of women in the
ancient world. This translation makes this fascinating source for
late antique women available in this form for the first time.
Twentieth century continental thinkers such as Bergson, Levinas and
Jonas have brought fresh and renewed attentions to Jewish ethics,
yet it still remains fairly low profile in the Anglophone academic
world. This collection of critical essays brings together the work
of established and up-and-coming scholars from Israel, the United
States, and around the world on the topic of Jewish religious and
philosophical ethics. The chapters are broken into three main
sections - Rabbinics, Philosophy, and Contemporary Challenges. The
authors address, using a variety of research strategies, the work
of both major and lesser-known figures in historical Jewish
religious and philosophical traditions. The book discusses a wide
variety of topics related to Jewish ethics, including "ethics and
the Mishnah," "Afro Jewish ethics," "Jewish historiographical
ethics," as well as the conceptual/philosophical foundations of the
law and virtues in the work of Martin Buber, Hermann Cohen, and
Baruch Spinoza.The volume closes with four contributions on
present-day frontiers in Jewish ethics. As the first book to focus
on the nature, scope and ramifications of the Jewish ethics at work
in religious and philosophical contexts, this book will be of great
interest to anyone studying Jewish Studies, Philosophy and
Religion.
Artistic expression frequently engages with the question of
suffering. In so doing, it confronts the gravity and complexity of
the human condition. This volume investigates the relationship
between art and suffering. In short, the contributors to this
volume collectively demonstrate that suffering is an undisputed and
shareable motivating experience. This collection features original
essays that focus on the subject of art and suffering, including
topics such as the representation of violence and the intersections
of art and human rights. Some of the key questions explored are as
follows: -How has suffering motivated artists around the world?
-How have artists used their platforms to call attention to human
rights abuses? -How can suffering be incorporated responsibly and
ethically in works of art? -What role does art play in the struggle
against violations of human dignity and the promotion of building a
more equitable world? Each essay is complemented by full-color
reproductions of artistic works that illustrate the concepts being
discussed, including a graphic essay on the topic of "comfort
women."
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