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Jewish Ethics: a Bibliography -5- JEWISH ETHICS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY This bibliography is based in part upon the earlier compilations of Pro­ fessor James M. Gustafson (assisted by Leroy Walters and Sister Margaret Farley) and Arthur Collins Hamm (assisted by Professors Seymour Siegel and Jacob Neusner). Their efforts are gratefully acknowledged. Section A, primarily intended for the newcomer to Jewish studies, lists the standard English intro­ ductions to Jewish history and literature (paragraphs 1-3) and select editions of classical and medieval Jewish texts in English translation (paragraphs 4-6). Sections B, C, and D list primary and secondary sources in English dealing specifically with aspects of Jewish ethics. While hardly comprehen­ sive, the bibliography offers a representative listing of Jewish ethical literature and discussion. The entries are intended to reflect the variety of issues confronted by Jewish ethics throughout the ages. A. Background and Reference: 1. Jewish History, Religion and Culture: (comprehensive) Baron, S., A Social and Religious History of the Jews, Philadelphia and New York, 1952-1969, vols. 1-14. Finkelstein, L., ed., The Jews; Their History, Culture, and Religion, New York, 1960, Third edition, vols. 1-2. Singer, I., ed., The Jewish Encyclopedia, New York, 1912, vols. 1-12. 2. Jewish History: (popular) Grayzel, S., A History of the Jews, New York, 1968 (Mentor book MW870). Learsi, R., Israel: A History of the Jewish People, Cleveland, 1966 (Meridan book M199). Margolis, M. and Marx A., History of the Jewish People, Philadelphia, 1967 (Harper Torchbooks TB8067). Sachar, H.M., The Course of Modern Jewish History, New York, 1958 (Delta book 1538). 3. Jewish Intellectual History: (popular) Agus, J.B., The Evolution of Jewish Thought, New York, 1959. Epstein, I., Judaism, Baltimore, 1964 (Pelican book A440). Glatzer, N.N., ed., The Judaic Tradition, Boston, 1969 (Beacon Press BP316). Schwarz, L.W., ed., Great Ages and Ideas of the Jewish People, New York, 1956. Strack, H . , Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash, New York, 1965 Harper Torchbooks TB808L). Waxman, M., A History of Jewish Literature, New York, 1960, vols. 1-6. 4. Talmudic and Midrashic Texts in Translation: The Mishnah, H. Danby, Oxford, 1933. The Babylonian Talmud, I. Epstein, ed., London, 1935, 35 vols. - 6 - Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael, J.Z . Lauterbach, Philadelphia, 1933-35, 3 vols. The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan. J. Goldin, New Haven, 1954. Midrash Rabbah, H. Freedman and M. Simon, eds., London, 1939, 10 vols. The Midrash on Psalms. W.G. Braude, New Haven, 1959, 2 vols. Pesikta Rabbati, W.G. Braude, New Haven, 1968, 2 vols. Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer, G. Friedlander, London, 1916. 5. Anthologies of Talmudic and Midrashic Passages: Cohen, A., Everyman's Talmud, London, 1932. Montefiore, C.J.G., and Loewe, H., A Rabbinic Anthology, London, 1938, Newman, L.I., The Talmudic Anthology, New York, 1945. 6. Medieval Legal Texts in Translation: a) Moses B. Maimon, Mishneh Torah. Available in two incomplete trans­ lations: The Code of Maimonides, Yale Judaica Series, New Haven, 1949-1965, 11 vols. Mishneh Torah: Book of Knowledge and Book of Adoration, ed. and trans, by M. Hyamson, Jerusalem, 1962, 2 vols. b) Joseph Caro, Shulhan Aruk. Several sections available in translation: S.I. Levin and E.A. Boyden, The Kosher Code (Yoreh Deah, sections 29-60), Minneapolis, 1940. C.N. Denburg, Code of Hebrew Law (Yoreh Deah, sections 335-403; Hoshen Mishpat, sections 1-27), Montreal, 1954-1955, 2 vols. c) Responsa. S. Freehoff, A Treasury of Responsa, Philadelphia, 1963. , The Responsa literature, Philadelphia, 1955. B . Medieval Jewish Ethical Literature in Translation: 1. Anthologies. I. Abrahams, ed. and trans., Hebrew Ethical Wills, Philadelphia, 1926, 2 vols. N. Glatzer, The Judaic Tradition, Boston, 1969 (Beacon Press BP316) . (see index, sub "ethics") 2. Separate Works. (listed in probable chronological order of composition) Hai Gaon (ascribed to), Rhymes on Moral Instruction, trans. by H. Gollancz, London, 1922. Solomon Ibn Gabirol, The Improvement of the Moral Qualities, trans. by S.S. Wise, New York, 1901. (ascribed to), Choice of Pearls, trans. by A. Cohen, New York, 1925. Bahya Ibn Paquda, Duties of the Heart, trans.; by M. Hyamson, Jerusalem, 1965, 2 vols. Anonymous, The Foundation of Religious Fear, trans. by H. Gollancz, London, 1919. Abraham bar Hiyya, The Meditation of the Sad Soul, trans. by G. Wigoder, London, 1969. Joseph Kimhi, The Holy Shekel, trans. by H. Gollancz, London, 1919. Moses Maimonides, The Eight Chapters of Maimonides on Ethics, trans. by J.I. Gorfinkle, New York, 1912, Abraham Maimonides, The Highways to Perfection, trans. by S. Rosenblatt, New York, 1927, and Baltimore, 1938, 2 vols. Berechiah Ha-Nakdan, Ethical Treatises, trans. by H. Gollancz, London, 1902. Jonah Gerondi, Gates of Repentance, trans. by S. Silverstein, Jerusalem, 1967. Anonymous, The Ways of the Righteous, trans. by S.J. Cohen, New York, 1969. Moses Cordovero, The Palm Tree of Deborah, trans. by L. Jacobs, London, 1960. Moses Hayyim Luzzatto, Mesillat Yasharim: The Path of the Upright, trans. by M.M. Kaplan, Philadelphia, 1936. Also trans. by S. Silverstein, The Path of the Just, Jerusalem, 1966. Israel of Salant, Iggeret Ha-Musar, in M. Glenn, Israel Salanter, New York, 1953. Secondary Sources, Books: Agus, J.B., The Vision and the Way; An Interpretation of Jewish Ethics, New York, 1966 (Ungar Paperback). Benamozegh, Elie, Jewish and Christian Ethics, San Francisco, 1873. Bernfeld, S., The Foundations of Jewish Ethics, New York, 1968. Bettan, I., Studies in Jewish Preaching, Cincinnati, 1939. Bloch, M.L., Die Ethik in der Halacha, Budapest, 1886. Borowitz, E.B., Choosing a Sex Ethic, New York, 1969 (Schocken Paperback). Buber, M., Hasidism and the Way of Man.: vol. 1: Hasidism and Modern Man, New York, 1958. vol. 2: The Origin and Meaning of Hasidism, New York, 1966 (Harper Torch- books TB835). ______________ , Tales of the Hasidim, New York, 1947-48, 2 vols. Cohen, B., Law and Tradition in Judaism, New York, 1969. (Note especially pp. 182-238 "Law and Ethics in the Light of the Jewish Tradition.") Cohen, H., Ethik des reinen Willens, vol. 2 of his System der Philosophie, Berlin, 1904. Cohen, N.J., Tsa'ar Ba'ale Hayim: The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals--Its Bases, Development, and Legislation in Hebrew Literature, Washington, D.C., 1959. Daube, D., Collaboration With Tyranny in Rabbinic Law, London, 1965. Efros, I.I., Ancient Jewish Philosophy: A Study in Metaphysics and Ethics, Detroit, 1964. Epstein, L.M., Marriage Laws in the Bible and Talmud, Cambridge, Mass., 1942. , Sex Laws and Customs in Judaism, New York, 1968 (introduction by A. Kiev). Feldman, D.M., Birth Control in Jewish Law. New York, 1968. Freid, J., ed., Jews and Divorce, New York, 1968. Glenn, M., Israel Salanter, New York, 1953. Goldin, J., The Living Talmud; The Wisdom of the Fathers and its Classical Commentaries, Chicago, 1957. — — — — — — — — — — Goldstein, S.E., The Synagogue and Social Welfare, New York, 1955. Grunebaum, E., Die Sittenlehre des Judenthums, Strasburg, 1878. Guttmann, J., Philosophies of Judaism, New York, 1964. Herford, R.T., The Ethics of the Talmud; Sayings of the Fathers, New York, 1962 (Schocken SB23). _____________ , Talmud and Apocrypha; A Comparative Study of the Jewish Ethical Teaching in the Rabbinical and Non -Rabbinical Sources in the Early Centuries, London, 1933. Hughes, H.M. , The Ethics of Jewish Apocryphal Literature, London, 1910. Husik, I., A History of Medieval Jewish Philosophy, New York, 1969 (Atheneum T5) . Jacobs, L., Jewish Ethics, Philosophy, and Mysticism, New York, 1969. ___________ , Jewish Values, London, 1960. ___________ , Principles of the Jewish Faith, New York, 1964. Jakobovits, I., Jewish Law Faces Modern Problems, New York, 1965. ______________ , Jewish Medical Ethics, New York, 1967. Jakobovits, I., Journal of a Rabbi, New York, 1966. Joseph, M., zur Sittenlehre des Judentums, Berlin, 1902. Kadushin, M., Worship and Ethics; A Study in Rabbinic Judaism, Chicago, 1964, Kaplan, M., Basic Values in Jewish Religion, New York, 1957. __________ , Judaism as a Civilization, New York, 1934. Katz, J., Exclusiveness and Tolerance, New York, 1962 (Schocken SB40). Katz, M., Protection of the Weak in the Talmud, New York, 1925. Kohn, J., The Moral Life of Man, New York, 1956. Kook, A.I., Orot Ha-Teshuvah. trans, by A.B.Z. Metzger, New York, 1969. Lamm, N., and Würzburger, W.S., A Treasury of "Tradition," New York, 1967. Landman, L., Jewish Law in the Diaspora, Philadelphia, 1968. Lazarus, L., zur Charakteristik der talmudischenEthik, Frankfurt a .M., 1922. Lazarus, M., Die Ethik des Judenthums, Frankfurt a.M., 1898-1911, 2 vols., English trans. of vol. 1 by H. Szold, The Ethics of Judaism, Philadelphia, 1900-1901, 2 vols. Luzzatto, S.D., Israelitische Moral-Theologie, Breslau, 1870. Mattuck, I.I., Jewish Ethics, New York, 1953. Meyerwitz, A., ed., Social Ethics of the Jews, with Selected Texts from Biblical and Talmudic. Literature, New York, 1935. Moore, G.F., Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era; the Age of the Tannaim, Cambridge, Mass., 1927, 3 vols. Neusner, J., Fellowship in Judaism, London, 1963. Newman, L.I., Hasidic Anthology, New York, 1963 (Schocken SB46). Rappaport, S., Jewish Horizons, Johannesburg, 1959. (See pp. 71-98 "Jewish Ethics.") Rosenbloom, N.H., [S.D.] Luzzatto's Ethico-Psychological Interpretation of Judaism, New York, 1965. Rotenstreich, N., Jewish Philosophy in Modern Times, New York, 1968. Schaffer, S., Das Recht und seine Stellung zur Moral nach talmudischer Sitten und Rechtslehre, Frankfurt a.M., 1889. Schechter, S., Some Aspects cf Rabbinic Theology, New York, 1923. Schulman, S., Jewish Ethics. Cincinnati, n. d. -9- Silver, D.J., ed., Judaism and Ethics. New York, 1970. Silver, M., The Ethics of Judaism from the Aspect of Duty. New York, 1938. Spector, I., The Ethics of the Shulhan Aruk, Tacoma, Wash., 1930. Sulzbach, A., Die Ethik des Judentums, Frankfurt a.M . , 1923. (On Judah Hasid's ethical teachings.) Taylor, C., Sayings of the Jewish Fathers, New York, 1969.
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