Justice in the City

An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism

Aryeh Cohen

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English

Academic Studies Press
19 April 2012

Judaism; Religious social & pastoral thought & activity; Jewish studies

Series: New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism

Justice in the City argues, based on the rabbinic textual tradition, especially the Babylonian Talmud, and utilizing French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas' framework of interpersonal ethics, that a just city should be a community of obligation. That is, in a community thus conceived, the privilege of citizenship is the assumption of the obligations of the city towards Others who are not always in view-workers, the poor, the homeless. These Others form a constitutive part of the city. The second part of the book is a close analysis of homelessness, labor, and restorative justice from within the theory that was developed. This title will be useful for scholars and students in Jewish studies, especially rabbinic literature and Jewish thought, but also for those interested in contemporary urban issues.

By: Aryeh Cohen
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 333g
ISBN: 9781936235643
ISBN 10: 1936235641
Series: New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 19 April 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Aryeh Cohen (PhD Brandeis University) is an associate professor of Rabbinic Literature at the American Jewish University. His previous book is Rereading Talmud: Gender, Law and the Poetics of Sugyot (Brown University, 1998).

Reviews for Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism

Rabbi Aryeh Cohen's book Justice in the City is a...compelling, easy-to-read discussion of how rabbinic texts, primarily the Babylonian Talmud, lay out a vision of justice....Every interaction that we have is part of a network of interactions...Cohen continues to expand these interactions and define them, ultimately leaving us with a balanced, coherent, and workable way to view our ties to others and to develop our notions of community in the framework of a world where we will never meet many or most of its inhabitants, and yet must feel some responsibility for them nevertheless.--Rabbi Alama Suskin MyJewishLearning.com