Ecology

David M. Gordis

2001

Through narrative, poetry, law, and prayer, the Bible conditions its readers to feel reverence for nature, enjoins restraint in the exploitation of natural resources for human needs, elicits awe in response to the diversity and complexity of creation, and articulates the principle of human responsibility for faithful trusteeship over the natural…

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David M. Gordis

b. 1940

David M. Gordis is a Conservative rabbi who served as vice president of the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, and then as president of Hebrew College in Boston. He is also the founding director of the National Center for Jewish Policy Studies.

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