This open panel proposes a focused reading of biblical and scriptural texts in light of contemporary challenges of sustainability, responsibility, and justice, from the perspectives of the Abrahamic traditions. Through close textual engagement with biblical sources, alongside rabbinic interpretation and philosophical reflection, the panel explores how sacred texts destabilize anthropocentric assumptions and reframe human responsibility within ecological, temporal, and moral limits.
The contributions examine how scriptural conceptions of creation, revelation, and responsibility challenge dominant models of mastery, perpetual growth, and technological ambition, emphasizing attentiveness, restraint, care, and ethical intention. Particular attention is given to obligations toward future generations, environmental vulnerability, and the moral significance of economic and spatial arrangements.