Lenn E. Goodman: Judaism, Humanity, and Nature

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-28074-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

Reihe: Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers

Lenn E. Goodman is Professor of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Trained in medieval Arabic and Hebrew philosophy and intellectual history, his prolific scholarship has covered the entire history of philosophy from antiquity to the present with a focus on medieval Jewish philosophy. A synthetic philosopher, Goodman has drawn on Jewish religious sources (e.g., Bible, Midrash, Mishnah, and Talmud) as well as philosophic sources (Jewish, Muslim, and Christian), in an attempt to construct his own distinctive theory about the natural basis of morality and justice. Taking his cue from medieval Jewish philosophers such as Maimonides, Goodman offers a new theoretical framework for Jewish communal life that is attentive to contemporary philosophy and science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava

Hughes, Aaron W

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Philosophie, Aufklärung, Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Mittelalter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Contributors
Editors’ Introduction to Series
Lenn E. Goodman: An Intellectual Portrait Alan Mittleman
Value and the Dynamics of Being Lenn E. Goodman
Respect for Nature in the Jewish Tradition Lenn E. Goodman
Leaving Eden Lenn E. Goodman
Time, Creation, and the Mirror for Narcissus Lenn E. Goodman
Interview with Professor Lenn E. Goodman Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Select Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Professor of History, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.

Aaron W. Hughes holds the Philip S. Bernstein Chair of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester.