Does Judaism Condone Violence? : Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

A philosophical case against religious violence. We live in an age beset by religiously inspired violence. Terms such as "holy war" are the stock-in-trade of the evening news. But what is the relationship between holiness and violence? Can acts such as murder ever truly be described as hol...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mittleman, Alan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Jewish ethics.
Violence > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000004a 4500
001 musev2_60877
003 MdBmJHUP
005 20230905050243.0
006 m o d
007 cr||||||||nn|n
008 180928s2018 nju o 00 0 eng d
020 |a 9780691184326 
020 |z 9780691174235 
035 |a (OCoLC)1039718372 
040 |a MdBmJHUP  |c MdBmJHUP 
050 4 |a BM538.P3  |b M58 2018 
082 0 |a 296.3/697  |2 23 
100 1 |a Mittleman, Alan,  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Does Judaism Condone Violence? :   |b Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition /   |c Alan L. Mittleman. 
264 1 |a Baltimore, Maryland :  |b Project Muse,  |c 2018 
264 3 |a Baltimore, Md. :  |b Project MUSE,   |c 2018 
264 4 |c ©2018 
300 |a 1 online resource. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Holiness and Judaism -- Holiness and ethics -- Holiness and violence. 
506 |a Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. 
520 |a A philosophical case against religious violence. We live in an age beset by religiously inspired violence. Terms such as "holy war" are the stock-in-trade of the evening news. But what is the relationship between holiness and violence? Can acts such as murder ever truly be described as holy? In Does Judaism Condone Violence?, Alan Mittleman offers a searching philosophical investigation of such questions in the Jewish tradition. Jewish texts feature episodes of divinely inspired violence, and the position of the Jews as God's chosen people has been invoked to justify violent acts today. Are these justifications valid? Or does our understanding of the holy entail an ethic that argues against violence? Reconstructing the concept of the holy through a philosophical examination of biblical texts, Mittleman finds that the holy and the good are inextricably linked, and that our experience of holiness is authenticated through its moral consequences. Our understanding of the holy develops through reflection on God's creation of the natural world, and our values emerge through our relations with that world. Ultimately, Mittleman concludes, religious justifications for violence cannot be sustained. Lucid and incisive, Does Judaism Condone Violence? is a powerful counterargument to those who claim that the holy is irrational and amoral. With philosophical implications that extend far beyond the Jewish tradition, this book should be read by anyone concerned about the troubling connection between holiness and violence. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
650 0 |a Jewish ethics. 
650 0 |a Violence  |x Religious aspects  |x Judaism. 
655 7 |a Electronic books.   |2 local 
710 2 |a Project Muse,  |e distributor. 
776 1 8 |i Print version:  |w  2017963020  |z 9780691174235 
710 2 |a Project Muse.  |e distributor 
830 0 |a Book collections on Project MUSE. 
856 4 0 |z Texto completo  |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/60877/ 
945 |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection 
945 |a Project MUSE - 2018 Complete 
945 |a Project MUSE - 2018 Global Cultural Studies 
945 |a Project MUSE - 2018 Jewish Studies 

Ejemplares similares