| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Classical rabbinic texts -- Bible and biblical commentaries -- Codes and their cognates -- Responsa. |
| Summary |
Traces the development of bal tashḥit, the Jewish prohibition against wastefulness and destruction, from its biblical origins to the contemporary environmental movement. Bal tashḥit, the Jewish prohibition against wastefulness and destruction, is considered to be an ecological ethical principle by contemporary Jewish environmentalists. Waste Not provides a comprehensive intellectual history of this concept, charting its evolution from the Bible through classical rabbinic literature, commentaries, codes of law, responsa, and the works of modern environmentalists. Tanhum S. Yoreh uses the methodology of tradition histories to identify pivotal moments in the development of the prohibition--in particular, its transition into an economic framework. He finds that bal tashḥit's earliest stages of conceptualization connect the prohibition against wastefulness with avoidance of self-harm. This connection is commonplace within contemporary environmental thought and a universalizing Jewish principle with important contributions to be made to Jewish and general societal ecological discourse. This narrative provides a foundation for understanding bal tashḥit as an environmental ethic for today and tomorrow. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Tanhum S. Yoreh is Assistant Professor at the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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Bal tashḥit (Jewish law)
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Bal tashḥit (Jewish law) |
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Food -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Food -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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Environmental protection -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Environmental protection -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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Environmental law (Jewish law)
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Environmental law (Jewish law) |
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Theological anthropology -- Judaism -- History of doctrines.
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Theological anthropology -- Judaism -- History of doctrines. |
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Theological anthropology -- Judaism. |
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Environmental ethics.
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Environmental ethics. |
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Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
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Rabbinical literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yoreh, Tanhum. Waste not. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019] 9781438476698 (DLC) 2018057054 (OCoLC)1079410421 |
| ISBN |
9781438476711 (electronic book) |
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143847671X (electronic book) |
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9781438476698 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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1438476698 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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