ISBN:
9781107063273
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 323 pages
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2015
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Lorberbaum, Yair In God's image
DDC:
296.3/2
Keywords:
Image of God in rabbinical literature
;
Theological anthropology Judaism
;
Jewish law
;
Aggada
;
Image of God in rabbinical literature
;
Theological anthropology Judaism
;
Jewish law
;
Aggada
;
Jüdische Theologie
;
Gottesvorstellung
;
Halacha
;
Aggadah
Abstract:
"In God's Image Myth, Theology, and Law in Classical Judaism The idea of creation in the divine image has a long and complex history. While its roots apparently lie in the royal myths of Mesopotamia and Egypt, this book argues that it was the biblical account of creation presented in the first chapters of Genesis and its interpretation in early rabbinic literature that created the basis for the perennial inquiry of the concept in the Judeo- Christian tradition. Yair Lorberbaum reconstructs the idea of the creation of man in the image of God (tselem Elohim) attributed in the Midrash and the Talmud. He analyzes meanings attributed to tselem Elohim in early rabbinic thought, as expressed in Aggadah, and explores its application in the normative, legal, and ritual realms. Yair Lorberbaum is a professor in the faculty of law at Bar Ilan University, where he lectures on the philosophy of law, Jewish law, and Jewish thought. He has been a guest lecturer at Yale University, Cardozo Law School, Princeton University, and NYU Law School, and he has served as the Gruss Professor of Talmudic Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Professor Lorberbaum's book The Image of God (Tselem Elohim): Halakhah and Aggadah (2004) was awarded the Goldstein-Goren Prize for the best book in Jewish thought for 2004-2007"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Anthropomorphism in Talmudic literature: trends in Jewish thought and scholarly research; 2. Anthropomorphism and imago dei - some basic distinctions; 3. Halakhah and Aggadah; 4. On terminology and methodology; 5. The four modes of judicial execution; 6. Image, likeness, and presence; 7. Murder and capital punishment: diminishing the divine image; 8. Procreation: 'an eternal building'; 9. From the Temple to humanity: transformation in the focus of holiness; Epilogue.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309) and indexes
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