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Kabbalah and ecology : God's image in the more-than-human world /

"Kabbalah and Ecology is a groundbreaking book that resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions. David Mevorach Seidenberg challenges the anthropocentric reading of the Torah, showing that a radically different orientation to the more-than-human world of nature is not onl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seidenberg, David Mevorach
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Jewish ecological thought and the challenge for scriptural theology
  • Midrash. Tselem Elohim (God's image) in Midrash and commentary, part 1 : the angels and the heavens, the chain of being, intellect, and speech
  • Tselem Elohim in Midrash and commentary, part 2 : the body, gender, dominion, and ethics
  • Tselem, dignity, and the "infinite value" of the other
  • The soul and the others : humans, animals, and other subjectivities
  • Ethics and the others : moral fellowship with animals and beyond animals
  • Intermediate conclusions : from Midrash to Kabbalah
  • Kabbalah. Tselem Elohim in Kabbalah, part 1 : the Sefirot, the soul and body, the hypostases, and the heavens
  • Tselem Elohim in Kabbalah, part 2 : the more-than-human world--holism and unifications, trees, birds, animals, and colors
  • Of rocks, names, and codes : the letters of creation
  • Adam Qadmon : the universe as God's image
  • Gaia, Adam Qadmon, and Maimonides
  • Qomah : the stature of all beings
  • Intermediate conclusions : from Kabbalah to ecotheology
  • Ecotheology. Nigun, Shirah, the singing of creation, and the problem of language
  • Further theological reflections
  • Conclusion : a new ethos, a new ethics
  • Excursus 1 : nefesh and related terms
  • Excursus 2 : the prayer of P'ri `Ets Hadar
  • Appendix : the Sefirot, the tree of life, and a brief history of Kabbalah.