Politics and the Limits of Law : Secularizing the Political in Medieval Jewish Thought.
Lorberbaum, Menachem.
Politics and the Limits of Law : Secularizing the Political in Medieval Jewish Thought. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (231 pages) - Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences Series . - Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences Series .
Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: DIVINE LAW AND SECULAR POLITICS -- PART 1: MAIMONIDES -- 1 THE NATURAL FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICS -- 2 THE INSUFFICIENCY OF LAW -- 3 THE CODE ON THE PRIORITY OF POLITICS -- 4 CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AND MESSIANIC RESOLUTION -- PART 2: GERONDI -- 5 THE KAHAL AS A POLITY -- 6 THE AUTONOMY OF POLITICS -- CONCLUSION: SECULARIZING POLITICS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NAME INDEX -- GENERAL INDEX -- CONTRAVERSIONS jews and other differences.
This book explores the emergence of the fundamental political concepts of medieval Jewish thought, arguing that alongside the well-known theocratic elements of the Bible there exists a vital tradition that conceives of politics as a necessary and legitimate domain of worldly activity that preceded religious law in the ordering of society.
9780804780049
Jewish law.
Electronic books.
BM645
296.3/82/0902
Politics and the Limits of Law : Secularizing the Political in Medieval Jewish Thought. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (231 pages) - Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences Series . - Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences Series .
Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: DIVINE LAW AND SECULAR POLITICS -- PART 1: MAIMONIDES -- 1 THE NATURAL FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICS -- 2 THE INSUFFICIENCY OF LAW -- 3 THE CODE ON THE PRIORITY OF POLITICS -- 4 CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AND MESSIANIC RESOLUTION -- PART 2: GERONDI -- 5 THE KAHAL AS A POLITY -- 6 THE AUTONOMY OF POLITICS -- CONCLUSION: SECULARIZING POLITICS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NAME INDEX -- GENERAL INDEX -- CONTRAVERSIONS jews and other differences.
This book explores the emergence of the fundamental political concepts of medieval Jewish thought, arguing that alongside the well-known theocratic elements of the Bible there exists a vital tradition that conceives of politics as a necessary and legitimate domain of worldly activity that preceded religious law in the ordering of society.
9780804780049
Jewish law.
Electronic books.
BM645
296.3/82/0902