Self-Sacrifice to save the life of another in Jewish and Christian traditions : A comparative analysis
Journal article
Litwa, Matthew. (2009). Self-Sacrifice to save the life of another in Jewish and Christian traditions : A comparative analysis. Heythrop Journal : a Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology. 50(6), pp. 912-922. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00516.x
Authors | Litwa, Matthew |
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Abstract | Although both the Jewish and Christian traditions permit and even valorize self-sacrificial death for the sake of God (martyrdom), and for other people, they diverge on the issue of self-sacrificial death for the sake of a single individual. The Jewish tradition prohibits such self-sacrifice on the basis of the principles that (1) God owns the body and that (2) one cannot exchange one's life for another's. Christian ethics, in contrast, permits sacrificing one's life to save a single person based on the model of Christ's self-sacrificial love. This ethical disagreement exposes a fundamental theological disagreement between the two traditions concerning what constitutes the imago Dei. |
Keywords | self-sacrifice; martyr; Jewish faith; Christianity |
Year | 01 Jan 2009 |
Journal | Heythrop Journal : a Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology |
Journal citation | 50 (6), pp. 912-922 |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
ISSN | 0018-1196 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00516.x |
Web address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00516.x |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 912-922 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 08 Oct 2009 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 03 May 2024 |
Additional information | Copyright The author 2009. Journal compilation Copyright Trustees for Roman Catholic Purposes Registered 2009 |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90692/self-sacrifice-to-save-the-life-of-another-in-jewish-and-christian-traditions-a-comparative-analysis
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