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

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 poss...

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Subtitles:Kabbalah & Ecology
Main Author: Seidenberg, David Mevorach 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015.
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:Kabbalah and Ecology: God's Image in the More-than-Human World, David Mevorach Seidenberg, Cambridge University Press, 2016 (ISBN 978-1-107-44144-6), xxii + 398 pp., pb £26.99 (2018) (Garner, Daniel, 1981 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cabala / Environmental protection / Ecology
Further subjects:B Human Ecology Religious aspects Judaism
B Image of God
B Rabbinical literature History and criticism
B Bible
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Human ecology ; Religious aspects ; Judaism
B Rabbinical literature ; History and criticism
B Cabala
B Old Testament
B God (Judaism)
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible ; Old Testament ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9781107081338
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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 that 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, both with nature and with divinity.
1. Tselem Elohim in Midrash and Parshanut, part 1 -- 2. Tselem Elohim in Midrash and Parshanut, part 2 -- 3. Tselem, dignity, and the 'infinite value' of the other -- 4. The soul and the others -- 5. Ethics and animals -- 6. Tselem in Kabbalah -- 7. Tselem in the more-than-human world -- 8. Of rocks, names, and codes -- 9. Adam Qadmon -- 10. Gaia, Adam Qadmon, and Maimonides -- 11. Qomah -- 12. Nigun, Shirah, and the problem of language -- 13. Further theological reflections
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
ISBN:113996304X
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139963046