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Author Seidenberg, David Mevorach.

Title Kabbalah and ecology : God's image in the more-than-human world / David Mevorach Seidenberg.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 397 pages : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Kabbalah and Ecology is a groundbreaking book that resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions. David Mevorach Seidenberg challenges the anthropocentric reading of the Torah, showing that a radically different orientation to the more-than-human world of nature is not only possible but such an orientation also leads to a more accurate interpretation of scripture, rabbinic texts, Maimonides, and Kabbalah. Deeply grounded in traditional texts and fluent with the physical sciences, this book proposes not only a new understanding of God's image but also a new direction for restoring religion to its senses and to a more alive relationship with the more-than-human, with nature, and with divinity"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-369) and indexes.
Contents Introduction : Jewish ecological thought and the challenge for scriptural theology -- Midrash. Tselem Elohim (God's image) in Midrash and commentary, part 1 : the angels and the heavens, the chain of being, intellect, and speech -- Tselem Elohim in Midrash and commentary, part 2 : the body, gender, dominion, and ethics -- Tselem, dignity, and the "infinite value" of the other -- The soul and the others : humans, animals, and other subjectivities -- Ethics and the others : moral fellowship with animals and beyond animals -- Intermediate conclusions : from Midrash to Kabbalah -- Kabbalah. Tselem Elohim in Kabbalah, part 1 : the Sefirot, the soul and body, the hypostases, and the heavens -- Tselem Elohim in Kabbalah, part 2 : the more-than-human world--holism and unifications, trees, birds, animals, and colors -- Of rocks, names, and codes : the letters of creation -- Adam Qadmon : the universe as God's image -- Gaia, Adam Qadmon, and Maimonides -- Qomah : the stature of all beings -- Intermediate conclusions : from Kabbalah to ecotheology -- Ecotheology. Nigun, Shirah, the singing of creation, and the problem of language -- Further theological reflections -- Conclusion : a new ethos, a new ethics -- Excursus 1 : nefesh and related terms -- Excursus 2 : the prayer of P'ri `Ets Hadar -- Appendix : the Sefirot, the tree of life, and a brief history of Kabbalah.
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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Old Testament.
Bible. Old Testament.
Image of God.
Image of God.
God (Judaism)
God (Judaism)
Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Cabala.
Rabbinical literature.
Cabala.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Seidenberg, David Mevorach. Kabbalah and ecology 9781107081338 (DLC) 2014038241 (OCoLC)889736767
ISBN 9781139963046 (electronic book)
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9781107441446 (paperback)
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9781107441446