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"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"-- Provided by publisher |
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Cover; Half-title Page; Title page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. "Beloved is Man, for He was Created in the Image" -- The Problem ; II. The Image of God in Tannaitic Literature -- An Overview ; III. The Structure of This Work ; 1 Anthropomorphism in Talmudic Literature: Trends in Jewish Thought and Scholarly Research ; I. "The Doctrine of God's Corporeality Never Occurred to the Sages, May Their Memory be Blessed, for Even a Single Day" -- A Reassessment ; II. Anthropomorphism and Myth. |
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2 Anthropomorphism and Imago Dei -- Some Basic Distinctions I. Simple Anthropomorphism and Anthropomorphic Theosophy ; II. Imago Dei in Research ; III. Image and Presence ; IV. Anthropomorphism and Theomorphism ; 3 Halakhah and Aggadah ; I. Halakhah and Aggadah in Research ; II. Imago Dei in Halakhah -- A Survey of the Research ; III. Legal Principles and Halakhic Principles ; IV. Imago Dei as a Halakhic Principle ; 4 On Terminology and Methodology ; I. Myth ; II. Theosophy ; III. Theurgy ; 5 The Four Modes of Judicial Execution ; I. Introduction ; II. Burning ; III. Strangulation. |
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IV. Decapitation V. Stoning ; VI. Hanging ; 6 Image, Likeness, and Presence ; I. The Law of Hanging and the Image of God ; II. Likeness and Presence ; III. Imago Dei and Judicial Execution ; 7 Murder and Capital Punishment: Diminishing the Divine Image ; I. "Had we been Members of the Sanhedrin No One would ever have been put to Death" ; II. "The verse says: 'I Suffer for the Blood of the Wicked that was Shed'" ; III. In the "Image" His Blood is Shed ; IV. Judicial Executions and the (Informal) Abolition of Capital Punishment. |
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v. Flagellation as a Substitute for Death at the Hand of Heaven VI. "An Eye for an Eye" -- Pecuniary Compensation ; 8 Procreation: "An Eternal Building" ; I. "Whoever Does not Engage in Procreation Annuls the Image" ; II. "'This is the Book of the Generations of Adam' -- That is an Even Greater Principle" ; III. The Nuptial Blessings ; IV. Beit Shammai and R. Eliezer Differ ; V. The Laws of Procreation ; 9 From the Temple to Humanity: Transformation in the Focus of Holiness ; I. "Solomon's Bed" -- God has Greater Love for Procreation than for the Temple ; II. From Temple to Humanity. |
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III. The Rise of the Idea of Imago Dei in the Yavneh Generation IV. Imago Dei in Second-Temple Literature ; V. Transformations in the Focus of Holiness ; Epilogue; Bibliographical Abbreviations; Index of Sources; Index of Names; Index of Subjects. |
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Image of God in rabbinical literature.
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Image of God in rabbinical literature. |
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Theological anthropology -- Judaism.
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Theological anthropology -- Judaism. |
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Jewish law.
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Aggada.
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Jewish law. |
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Aggada. |
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Lorberbaum, Yair. In God's image 9781107063273 (DLC) 2014027899 (OCoLC)886381510 |
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9781316204306 (electronic book) |
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1316204308 (electronic book) |
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9781107063273 |
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1107063272 |
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