The value of human life

Textual sources on the value of human life

– "In the beginning" – the place of man in creation: Genesis 1-2

– "For in His image did God make man:" Genesis 9:1-17

-"For my sake the world was created:" Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5

– Executions and the Sanhedrin: Makkot Chapter 1, Mishnah 10

– Talmud Bavli Baba Metzia 62a

Additional Readings:

Martin Buber; "Imitatio Dei" from Israel and the World pp. 66-76

Joseph B. Soloveitchik; The Lonely Man of Faith pp. 9-42

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