Politics and the limits of law : secularizing the political in medieval Jewish thought /

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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 r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lorberbaum, Menachem, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.
Colección:Contraversions (Stanford, Calif.)
Temas:
Maimonides, Moses, > 1135-1204 > Contributions in political science.
Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi, > 1310?-1375? > Contributions in political science.
Maimonides, Moses, > 1135-1204
Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi, > 1310?-1375?
To 1500
Judaism and politics > History > To 1500.
RELIGION > Judaism > Theology.
Judaism and politics
Political science
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • 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

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