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Confronting Vulnerability: The Body and the Divine in Rabbinic Ethics by Jonathan Wyn Schofer (Hardback, 2010)

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Schofer's analysis teaches us much about rabbinic pedagogy in late antiquity and also provides inspiration for students of contemporary ethics. While imparting their ethical lessons, rabbinic texts often employ vivid images of death, aging, hunger, defecation, persecution, and drought.

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While imparting their ethical lessons, rabbinic texts often employ vivid images of death, aging, hunger, defecation, persecution, and drought. In Confronting Vulnerability , Jonathan Wyn Schofer carefully examines these texts to find out why their creators thought that human vulnerability was such a crucial tool for instructing students in the development of exemplary behavior. These rabbinic texts uphold virtues such as wisdom and compassion, propound ideal ways of responding to others in need, and describe the details of etiquette. Schofer demonstrates that these pedagogical goals were achieved through reminders that one's time on earth is limited and that God is the ultimate master of the world. Consciousness of death and of divine accounting guide students to live better lives in the present. Schofer's analysis teaches us much about rabbinic pedagogy in late antiquity and also provides inspiration for students of contemporary ethics. Despite their cultural distance, these rabbinic texts challenge us to develop theories and practices that properly address our frailties rather than denying them.

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Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226740099
ISBN-13
9780226740096
eBay Product ID (ePID)
106669828

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454g
Height
229mm
Width
152mm

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Place of Publication
Chicago, IL
Spine
20mm
Author Biography
Jonathan Wyn Schofer is associate professor of comparative ethics at Harvard Divinity School and the author of The Making of a Sage: A Study in Rabbinic Ethics.
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Author(s)
Jonathan Wyn Schofer
Date of Publication
30/11/2010
Subject
Social Studies: General
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Genre
Social Studies: General
Country of Publication
United States

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