Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A ReaderMartin D. Yaffe Lexington Books, 2001 - 422 pages On classical Judaism and environmental crisis Jeremy Cohen -- The Hebrew view of nature E.l. Allen -- Concepts of nature in the Hebrew Bible Jeanne Kay - The forestry of the prophets Aldo Leopold -- The agricultural and ecological symbolism of the four species of Sukkot Arthur Scheffer -- Judaism and the practice of stewardship David Ehrenfeld and Philip J. Bently -- Man and nature in the Sabbatical Year Gerald Blidstein -- Commentary on the book of Genesis, Chapter 1 Robert D. Sacks -- Our Covenant with stones : a Jewish ecology of earth Bradley Shavit Artson -- Created in the image of God : humanity and divinity in an age of enivronmentalis Lawrence Troster -- Is Gaia Jewish? finding a framework for radical ecology in traditional Judaism Eric Roseblum -- "One, walking and studying ..." : nature vs. Torah Jeremy Benstein -- Bal Tashchit : a Jewish Environmental precept Eilon Schwartz -- Contemporary problems in ethics from a Jewish perspective Hans Jonas -- The unnatural Jew Steven S. Schwarzschild Some thoughts on nature and Judaism David Ehrenfeld and Joan G. Ehrenfeld -- Comments on the unnatural Jew Jeanne Kay -- Judaism and the sanctification of nature Michael Wyschnogrod -- Judaism and nature : theological and moral issues to consider while renegotiating a Jewish relationship to the natural world Eilon Schwartz Nature's healing power, the Holocaust, and the environmental crisis Eric Katz -- Ethical issues of animal welfare in Jewish thought Ze'ev Levy -- Judaism and animal experimentation J. David Bleich -- Vegetarianism and Judaism J. David Bleich -- Sanctified eating Leon R. Kass. |
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... rabbis bal tashchit.26 Meanwhile , we must point out a difficulty that Cohen himself leaves unresolved . Cohen's historicist approach — that is , his working premise that the mean- ing of a text is how it appears within the putative ...
... rabbis bal tashchit.26 Meanwhile , we must point out a difficulty that Cohen himself leaves unresolved . Cohen's historicist approach — that is , his working premise that the mean- ing of a text is how it appears within the putative ...
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... rabbis say instead that humans are stew- ards , or caretakers , of the earth . Ehrenfeld and Bentley admit that this notion can be distorted nowadays to mean that humans may treat their environment however they wish , on the assumption ...
... rabbis say instead that humans are stew- ards , or caretakers , of the earth . Ehrenfeld and Bentley admit that this notion can be distorted nowadays to mean that humans may treat their environment however they wish , on the assumption ...
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... rabbis understood this to mean that humans live on the land only temporarily , as strangers and sojourners with God . Two further teachings are the prohibitions against wanton destruction ( bal tashchit ) and inhumane treatment of ...
... rabbis understood this to mean that humans live on the land only temporarily , as strangers and sojourners with God . Two further teachings are the prohibitions against wanton destruction ( bal tashchit ) and inhumane treatment of ...
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... rabbis thus seek " to align Jewish religion to the re- ality of Jewish settlement beyond the borders of the Land of Israel . " " Whereas the Torah esteems living in Israel as the goal [ sic ] of pious obser- vance , " Artson argues ...
... rabbis thus seek " to align Jewish religion to the re- ality of Jewish settlement beyond the borders of the Land of Israel . " " Whereas the Torah esteems living in Israel as the goal [ sic ] of pious obser- vance , " Artson argues ...
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... Rabbi Judah the Prince ( editor of the Mishnah ) with a thirteen - year toothache for failing to take pity on a calf seeking refuge from slaughter , 61 meat eating is nevertheless permitted . Levy himself regrets that neither the Bible ...
... Rabbi Judah the Prince ( editor of the Mishnah ) with a thirteen - year toothache for failing to take pity on a calf seeking refuge from slaughter , 61 meat eating is nevertheless permitted . Levy himself regrets that neither the Bible ...
Contents
On Classical Judaism and Environmental Crisis | 73 |
The Hebrew View of Nature | 80 |
Concepts of Nature in the Hebrew Bible | 86 |
The Forestry of the Prophets | 105 |
The Agricultural and Ecological Symbolism of the Four Species of Sukkot | 112 |
Judaism and the Practice of Stewardship | 125 |
Man and Nature in the Sabbatical Year | 136 |
Commentary on the Book of Genesis Chapter 1 | 143 |
The Philosophical Question | 265 |
The Unnatural Jew | 267 |
Some Thoughts on Nature and Judaism | 274 |
Comments on the Unnatural Jew | 274 |
Judaism and the Sanctification of Nature | 281 |
Judaism and Nature Theological and Moral Issues to Consider While Renegotiating a Jewish Relationship to the Natural World | 289 |
Natures Healing Power the Holocaust and the Environmental Crisis | 301 |
Ethical Issues of Animal Welfare in Jewish Thought | 313 |
The Ethical Question | 159 |
Our Covenant with Stones A Jewish Ecology of Earth | 161 |
Created in the Image of God Humanity and Divinity in an Age of Environmentalism | 172 |
Is Gaia Jewish? Finding a Framework for Radical Ecology in Traditional Judaism | 183 |
One Walking and Studying Nature vs Torah | 206 |
Bal Tashchit A Jewish Environmental Precept | 230 |
Contemporary Problems in Ethics from a Jewish Perspective | 250 |
Judaism and Animal Experimentation | 325 |
Vegetarianism and Judaism | 363 |
Sanctified Eating | 376 |
Bibliography | 402 |
Index | 407 |
About the Contributors | 412 |
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