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Jewish Justice : The Contested Limits of Nature, Law, and Covenant /
David Novak explores the continuing role of Judaism for crafting ethics, politics, and theology. Drawing on sources as diverse as the Bible, the Talmud, and ancient, medieval, and modern philosophy, Novak asserts Judaism's integral place in communal discourse of the public square. According to...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waco, Texas :
Baylor University Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Can capital punishment ever be justified in the Jewish tradition?
- The elimination of mutilation and torture in rabbinic thought and practice
- Natural law, human dignity, and the protection of human property
- Land and people: one Jewish perspective
- Jewish marriage and civil law: a two-way street?
- Jewish marriage: nature, covenant, and contract
- Divine justice/divine command
- The universality of Jewish ethics: a rejoinder to secularist critics
- The Judaic foundation of rights
- Social contract in modern Jewish thought: a theological critique
- Toward a Jewish public philosophy in America
- Defending Niebuhr from Hauerwas
- Is natural law a border concept between Judaism and Christianity?