Kabbalah and ecology : God's image in the more-than-human world /

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Author / Creator:	Seidenberg, David Mevorach.
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 397 pages : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. -- Old Testament. Image of God. God (Judaism) Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism. Cabala. Cabala. God (Judaism) Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Image of God. Rabbinical literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13357819

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ISBN:	9781139963046 113996304X 9781316248348 1316248348 9781107081338 1107081335 9781107441446 1107441447 9781107441446
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-369) and indexes. Print version record.
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"--
Other form:	Print version: Seidenberg, David Mevorach. Kabbalah and ecology 9781107081338

Table of 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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