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Jewish Ethics By Menachem Kellner: Chapter Analysis

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The Jewish scholar, Menachem Kellner, in this chapter focuses on the literature behind Jewish ethics and the different types of Judaism and the problems toward Jewish ethics. In the chapter, Kellner references the influential philosopher of the Middle Ages, Moses Maimonides. In referencing Moses Maimonides from the time period 1138-1204, he focuses on his works that uses a modified version of Aristotle’s doctrine for the ethical teaching of Judaism. Moses Maimonides stresses the fact in Judaism of the imitation of God at the highest human achievable level possible after achieving intellectual perfection, but reaching the imitation of God (imitatio Dei) should have an impact on the community around them. Menachem Kellner explains how Judaism

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