studies in the history and theory of Jewish ethics Newman, Louis E. creator text globe bibliography Electronic books. nyu Albany, N.Y State University of New York Press ©1998 1998 monographic eng 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages). ""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Ethics: Applied and Theoretical, Prescriptive and Descriptive""; ""The Modern Study of Jewish Ethics""; ""Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics""; ""Content ""; ""Part One: Ethics and Law""; ""Law, Virtue, and Supererogation in the Halakha""; ""The Problem of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin Reconsidered""; ""Talmudic Sources""; ""The Status of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin"" ""Interpreting Lifnim Mishurat Radin: A Fresh Perspective""""Ethics as Law, Law as Religion""; ""Reflections on the Problem of Law and Ethics in Judaism""; ""The Evidence""; ""The Parameters of the Debate""; ""Reframing the Issues""; ""Law and Ethics in the Context of Judaism as a Religious System""; ""Covenant and Contract""; ""A Framework for the Analysis of Jewish Ethics""; ""The Centrality of Covenant""; ""Covenant and Contract: A Typology of Relationships""; ""Covenant Theologies and Jewish Ethics""; ""Conclusions""; ""Part Two: Ethics and Theology""; ""The Quality of Mercy"" ""On the Duty to Forgive in the Judaic Tradition""""A Philosophical Model of Forgiveness""; ""Judaic Sources on Forgiveness""; ""The Theological Foundation of the Duty to Forgive""; ""Jewish Theology and Bioethics""; ""The Character of Traditional Jewish Ethics""; ""Some Principles of Jewish Biomedical Ethics""; ""Jewish Medical Ethics in a Wider Context""; ""Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation""; ""On the Possibility of a Natural Law in Judaism""; ""Natural Law: Issues of Definition""; ""Natural Law in Judaism: Redefining the Question, Reexamining the Texts"" ""Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation""""Religious Faith, Historical Relativism, and the Prospects for Modern Jewish Ethics""; ""Revelation, Historicism, and the Search for Moral Norms""; ""God's Presence in History: Reconstructing Jewish Theology""; ""Jewish Theology, Covenant, and Ethics""; ""Part Three: Methodological Issues in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""Woodchoppers and Respirators""; ""The Problem of Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics: Description and Analysis""; ""The Interpretation of Texts in a Legal Tradition"" ""Contemporary Jewish Ethics-A Reassessment""""Text and Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Bioethics""; ""Jewish Ethics in the Modern World""; ""Models in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""The Hermeneutics of Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""The Concept of Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""Talking Ethics with Strangers""; ""A View from Jewish Tradition""; ""The Nature of Secular Bioethics""; ""How Judaism Can Contribute to Secular Bioethics""; ""Englehardt and Secular Bioethics Revisited""; ""Conclusion""; ""New Directions in the Study ofthe Ethics of Judaism"" Louis E. Newman. OldControl:muse9781438414645. Several of the chapters in this book were originally published as journal articles between 1987 and 1993. Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-278) and index. Bioethics Judaism Doctrines Jewish law Philosophy Jewish ethics Philosophy Bioethics Jewish ethics Philosophy Jewish law Philosophy Judaism Doctrines RELIGION Judaism Theology Bioethics Jewish law Philosophy Judaism Doctrines Several of the chapters in this book were originally published as journal articles between 1987 and 1993. "Multi-User" BJ1285 .N49 1998eb 296.3/6 Newman, Louis E. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998 (DLC) 97038798 9781438414645 1438414641 9780791438688 0791438686 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=549421 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=549421 CN8ML 971006 20200709055751.0 ocn794701341 eng