Power, Ethics, and Ecology in Jewish Late Antiquity - Rabbinic Responses to Drought and Disaster

List of contents

Introduction; Encountering the Bavli: an introduction for readers new to the Babylonian Talmud; 1. Covenantal ecology and the discourse of natural signs; 2. Reading the natural world: interpretation and meaning in Bavli Täanit; 3. Merit in the midst of danger: falling walls, faltering houses, and the power of performative perception; 4. Charisma and ritual fasting for the sake of rain: parrhesia, penitence, and the construction of intimacy before God; 5. Confusing the fathers: charisma and the limits of human power; 6. Hiddenness and holiness: gender, class, concealment, and the critique of rabbinic status-seeking; Conclusion.

About the author

Julia Watts Belser is Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University, Washington DC. Her articles have appeared in numerous journals, including the AJS Review, the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, and the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Watts Belser, Belser Julia Watts
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2020
• EAN: 9781107533929
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53392-9
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Israel, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, RELIGION / Judaism / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Middle East, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Religion & beliefs, The environment, Ethics & moral philosophy, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Conservation of the environment, Ethics and moral philosophy, Science / Environmental Science, Religious ethics, Religion and beliefs, Hebrew, Mediterranean countries, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Judaism: theology