The Ethical Symbol : Symbolic Structure in Ethics, Language, and Revelation

ISBN-13: 9783639169140 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 84 str.

Orit Shimoni

Opis

If revelation is synonymous with ethical knowledge, then what of the the manner in which it is relayed? History proves repeatedly, in accounts of oppression and violence that authoritative claims on the meaningof revelation can be dangerously exclusive. To betruly ethical,the very language of ethics mustundergo a conceptual shift, from ownership ofknowledge to an admittedly partial participation init. Such a shift, the author suggests, is achievedthrough symbolic awareness, wherein reconciliationbetween limited and ultimate knowledge is reached. In this work, the author underscores the parallelsbetween symbol, philosophy of ethics, language, andrevelation,and shows that the abandonment of previousmodels of ethical knowledge need not produce a crisisof meaning. Instead, she demonstrates the ethicalstructure that is at the very heart of revelation andlanguage. Rooted in theology and philosophy, thisbook spans across topics such as inter-faithdialogue, biblical scholarship, hermeneutics andlinguistics. But beyond these, it deals witheducation at large, as it suggests a methodology forethical instruction, particularly that which uses thebible as its source.

O autorze

Orit Shimoni holds an M.A. in Theological Studies at Concordia
University, and a B.A. in English Literature at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. She has worked as an educator in
Jerusalem and Montreal, and is a professional singer/songwriter.