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Book description

A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day. 

• Offers an engaging and thoughtful account of Jewish ethics
• Brings together and discusses a broad range of historical sources covering two millennia of writings and conversations
• Combines current scholarship with original insights
• Written by a major internationally recognized scholar of Jewish philosophy and ethics

Alan Mittleman is Professor of Jewish Thought at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. His books include Hope in a Democratic Age (2009) and The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah (2000). Mittleman's work seeks to bring Jewish thought into a constructive conversation with ethics, political theory, and philosophy of religion.