Judaism and human rights /
"Areligion or a culture like Judaism, at least three thousand years old, cannot be expected to be all of one piece, homogeneous, self-contained, consistent, a neatly constructed system of ideas. If Judaism were that, it would have died centuries ago and would be a subject of interest only to th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2017.
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Edición: | Second expanded edition / |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Born Free and Equal / Milton R. Konvitz
- Editor's Note / Milton R. Konvitz
- Man's Dignity in God's World / Konvitz Milton R.
- Judaism and Equality / Emanuel Rackman
- A Common Humanity under One God / William A. Irwin
- Many Are Called and Many Are Chosen / Milton R. Konvitz
- Part II. The Rule of Law / Milton R. Konvitz
- Editor's Note / Milton R. Konvitz
- The Bible and the Rule of Law / Lord Acton
- Kingship under the Judgment of God / Henri Frankfort
- The Rule of a Higher Law / William A. Irwin
- Part III. The Democratic Ideal / Milton R. Konvitz
- Editor's Note / Milton R. Konvitz
- Judaism and thte Democratic Ideal / Milton R. Konvitz
- Foundations of Democracy in the Scriptures and Talmud / Louis Finkelstein
- Democratic Aspirations in Talmudic Judaism / Ben Zion Bokser
- Part IV. Freedom of Conscience / Milton R. Konvitz
- Editor's Note / Milton R. Konvitz
- Conscience and Civil Disobedience in the Jewish Tradition / Milton R. Konvitz
- Freedom of Religion-Absolute and Inalienable / Moses Mendelssohn
- The Right of Dissent and Intellectual Liberty / Robert Gordis
- Part V. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness / Milton R. Konvitz
- chapter Editor's Note / Milton R. Konvitz
- chapter The Good Life
- chapter The Right of Privacy / Norman Lamm
- There Shall Be No Poor / Richard G. Hirsch
- Part VI. The Earth Is the Lord's / Milton R. Konvitz
- Editor's Note / Milton R. Konvitz
- Man as Temporary Tenant / Samuel Belkin
- Do Not Destroy! / Samson Raphael Hirsch
- Ecology and the Jewish Tradition / Eric G. Freudenstein
- gPart VII. Pursuit of Peace / Milton R. Konvitz
- Editor's Note / Milton R. Konvitz
- The Vision of Micah / Robert Gordis
- Part VIII. Human Rights in an Israeli Context / Milton R. Konvitz
- Religious Freedom and Religious Coercion in the State of Israel / Haim H. Cohn
- In God's Image: The Religious Imperative of Equality Under Law / George P. Fletcher
- The Values of a Jewish and Democratic State: The Task of Reaching a Synthesis / Menachem Elon.