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100 1  Mittleman, Alan,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n87101895|eauthor. 
245 10 Human nature and Jewish thought :|bJudaism's case for why 
       persons matter /|cAlan L. Mittleman. 
264  1 Princeton and Oxford :|bPrinceton University Press,
       |c[2015] 
264  4 |c©2015 
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490 1  Library of Jewish ideas 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Introduction -- Persons in a world of things -- Persons in
       the image of God -- Are persons free to choose? -- Persons
       together -- Conclusion. 
520    This book explores one of the great questions of our time:
       How can we preserve our sense of what it means to be a 
       person while at the same time accepting what science tells
       us to be true-namely, that human nature is continuous with
       the rest of nature? What, in other words, does it mean to 
       be a person in a world of things? Alan Mittleman shows how
       the Jewish tradition provides rich ways of understanding 
       human nature and personhood that preserve human dignity 
       and distinction in a world of neuroscience, evolutionary 
       biology, biotechnology, and pervasive scientism. These 
       ancient resources can speak to Jewish, non-Jewish, and 
       secular readers alike. Science may tell us what we are, 
       Mittleman says, but it cannot tell us who we are, how we 
       should live, or why we matter. Traditional Jewish thought,
       in open-minded dialogue with contemporary scientific 
       perspectives, can help us answer these questions. 
       Mittleman shows how, using sources ranging across the 
       Jewish tradition, from the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud to 
       more than a millennium of Jewish philosophy. Among the 
       many subjects the book addresses are sexuality, birth and 
       death, violence and evil, moral agency, and politics and 
       economics. Throughout, Mittleman demonstrates how Jewish 
       tradition brings new perspectives to-and challenges many 
       current assumptions about-these central aspects of human 
       nature. A study of human nature in Jewish thought and an 
       original contribution to Jewish philosophy, this is a book
       for anyone interested in what it means to be human in a 
       scientific age. 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
       Collection - North America 
650  0 Respect for persons (Jewish law)|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh92006470 
650  0 Judaism|xDoctrines.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85070843 
650  0 Theological anthropology|xJudaism.|0https://id.loc.gov/
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650  0 Philosophical anthropology.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh85100845 
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       id.worldcat.org/fast/1095692 
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       984302 
650  7 Theological anthropology|xJudaism.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1432210 
650  7 Philosophical anthropology.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org
       /fast/1060766 
655  4 Electronic books. 
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       Jewish thought|z9780691149479|w(DLC)  2014033941
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