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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... death . We need not ask here whether a better grasp of Homer might have led Leopold to modify the ethical views at which he arrived prior to consulting Homer . 12 Our immediate question is , rather , Why does an otherwise consci ...
... death . We need not ask here whether a better grasp of Homer might have led Leopold to modify the ethical views at which he arrived prior to consulting Homer . 12 Our immediate question is , rather , Why does an otherwise consci ...
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... death which led to splitting the country into two . If Kay's argument were sim- ply correct , Solomon's scientific activities ought to have shrunk as his heart strayed . But the Bible makes no such suggestion . Considering the context ...
... death which led to splitting the country into two . If Kay's argument were sim- ply correct , Solomon's scientific activities ought to have shrunk as his heart strayed . But the Bible makes no such suggestion . Considering the context ...
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... death camp sites in Eastern Europe . We are invited to ponder the link between genocide ( " the planned extermination of European Jewry " ) and " ecocide " ( " the massive de- struction of the earth's biosphere " ) . The link , Katz ...
... death camp sites in Eastern Europe . We are invited to ponder the link between genocide ( " the planned extermination of European Jewry " ) and " ecocide " ( " the massive de- struction of the earth's biosphere " ) . The link , Katz ...
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... death camp site , that nature here is acting " without an intention or design . " If subhuman nature acts merely pointlessly , if plants or animals lack any inherent purposiveness besides " domination , " why should we ac- cord them the ...
... death camp site , that nature here is acting " without an intention or design . " If subhuman nature acts merely pointlessly , if plants or animals lack any inherent purposiveness besides " domination , " why should we ac- cord them the ...
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... death by sim- ply letting the blood drain out — is appropriate both for minimizing pain to the victims and for not inculcating cruelty as a human character trait . Only about whether animals may also be slaughtered by other means and ...
... death by sim- ply letting the blood drain out — is appropriate both for minimizing pain to the victims and for not inculcating cruelty as a human character trait . Only about whether animals may also be slaughtered by other means and ...
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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