Judaism and Ecology: Created World and Revealed WordHava Tirosh-Samuelson Jewish ecological discourse has shown that Judaism harbors deep concern for the well-being of the natural world. However, the movement has not articulated a Jewish theology of nature, nor has it submitted the sources of Judaism to a systematic, philosophical examination. This volume intends to contribute to the nascent discourse on Judaism and ecology by clarifying diverse conceptions of nature in Jewish thought and by using the insights of Judaism to formulate a constructive Jewish theology of nature. The twenty-one contributors consider the Bible and rabbinic literature, examine the relationship between the doctrine of creation and the doctrine of revelation in the context of natural law, and wrestle with questions of nature and morality. They look at nature in the Jewish mystical tradition, and they face the challenges to Jewish environmental activism caused by the tension between the secular nature of the environmental discourse and Jewish religious commitments. |
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... words of such complete ambiguity that it must be intentional . The chief uncertainties are two : the first word , ' em'as , is the common Hebrew word for " reject ” ( al- though some say it is here a related root meaning " melt away ...
... words , in which we praise God as yotzer ha - ' adam , are identical to the concluding words of the benediction that immediately precedes it . The precise meaning of these concluding words is obscure . They could be translated literally ...
... words . " There is no speech , there are no words , neither is their voice heard . ” And yet , “ their radiation goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world " ( Psalms 19 : 4-5 ) . The glory is neither an ...
Contents
Preface | xi |
Introduction Judaism and the Natural World | xxxiii |
Constructive Jewish Theology of Nature | xxxix |
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