Elliot N. Dorff
Author of Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics
About the Author
Elliot N. Dorff is Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Judaism and a visiting professor at the UCLA School of Law.
Series
Works by Elliot N. Dorff
Modern Conservative Judaism: Evolving Thought and Practice (JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought) (2018) 20 copies
The Jewish Approach to Repairing the World (Tikkun Olam): A Brief Introduction for Christians (2008) 19 copies
This is My Beloved, This is My Friend: A Rabbinic Letter on Intimate Relations (A Paper of the Commission on Human Sexuality, the Rabbinical Assembly) (1996) 12 copies
Mitzvah Means Commandment 3 copies
Ethics at the Center: Jewish Theory and Practice for Living a Moral Life (A JPS Scholar of Distinction Book) (2024) 3 copies
The Book Of Genesis 1 copy
Associated Works
A new agenda for higher education : shaping a life of the mind for practice (2008) — Contributor — 29 copies
The Quest for Context and Meaning: Studies in Biblical Intertextuality in Honor of James A. Sanders (1997) — Contributor — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1943-06-24
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Columbia University (PhD) (Philosophy) - Occupations
- bio-ethicist
Conservative rabbi - Short biography
- A Conservative rabbi, Elliot Dorff was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1970 and earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University in 1971, with a dissertation in moral theory. Since then he has directed the rabbinical and master`s programs at the University of Judaism, where he is Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy.
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Reviews
An accessible introduction to the Jewish concept of our responsibility
to care for others and repair the world.
to care for others and repair the world.
About the author, from the back cover of the book: "Elliot N. Dorff was ordained a rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1970 and eared his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University in 1971. Since then he has directed the rabbinical and master's programs at the University of Judaism, where he is currently rector and professor of philosophy. In Los Angeles he is the vice president of Jewish Family Service. In spring 1993 he served on the ethics committee of the Clinton show more Healthcare Task Force. Rabbi Dorff's publication include some one hundred articles on Jewish thought, law and ethics, together with five books [on Judaism]. . .He is married and has four children.
About the book: the reviewer for Shofar said of this work: "In this book [the author] probes what we as adults can know about God through human reason, human and Divine words, and human and Divine action. Without assuming a background in philosophy, he presents some of the major philosophical options and conundrums in using each of these sources of knowledge about God and the images of God that result." show less
About the book: the reviewer for Shofar said of this work: "In this book [the author] probes what we as adults can know about God through human reason, human and Divine words, and human and Divine action. Without assuming a background in philosophy, he presents some of the major philosophical options and conundrums in using each of these sources of knowledge about God and the images of God that result." show less
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- 34
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