TY - BOOK AU - Greenspoon,Leonard J. TI - Is Judaism Democratic?: Reflections from Theory and Practice Throughout the Ages T2 - Studies in Jewish Civilization Series SN - 9781612495538 AV - BM538.S7I82 2018 U1 - 296.382 PY - 2018/// CY - West Lafayette, IN PB - Purdue University Press KW - Jews--Politics and government KW - Democracy KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors -- Goalkeeping: A Biblical Alternative to Greek Political Philosophy and the Limits of Liberal Democracy -- The "Will of the People" in Antimonarchic Biblical Texts -- The Democratic Principle Underlying Jewish Law: Moving Beyond Whether It Is So to How and Why It Is So -- Mipnei Darkhei Shalom: The Promotion of Harmonious Relationships in the Mishnah's Social Order -- Theocracy as Monarchy and Anarchy -- Jewish Democracy: From Medieval Community to Modern State -- Linking "Egypt with Texas": Emma Lazarus's Jewish Vision of American Democracy -- Judaism and Democracy -- Monarchy and Polity: Systems of Government in Jewish Tradition -- Democracy, Judaism, Israel, Art, and Demagoguery -- Dignity and Democracy: Defending the Principle of the Sanctity of Human Life -- "The Will of the People" or "The Will of the Rabbis": Democracy and the Rabbis' Authority -- The Jewish State and the End of Democratic Judaism UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5598083 ER -