Research Catalog

Title

The Jewish political tradition / editors, Michael Walzer, Menachem Lorberbaum, Noam J. Zohar ; coeditor, Yair Lorberbaum.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2000-<c2018>

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Details

Additional Authors

• Walzer, Michael
• Lorberbaum, Menachem, 1958-
• Zohar, Noʻam
• Lorberbaum, Yair
• Ackerman, Ari
• Kochen, Madeline, 1957-

Description

4 volumes; 25 cm

Subjects

• Leadership > Religious aspects > Judaism
• Jews > Politics and government
• Judaism and politics
• Judaism and state

Note

• Vol. 2 coedited by Ari Ackerman; vol. 3 coedited by Madeline Kochen.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Volume I. Authority -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Covenant: God's law and the people's consent -- Introduction -- Biblical covenants -- Covenant and consent -- The scope of covenantal commitment -- Ch. 2 Revelation: Torah and reason -- Introduction -- Natural law, reason and revelation: classical discussions -- Revelation, morality, and ritual: modern struggles -- Ch. 3. Kings -- Introduction -- Biblical views of monarchy -- The constitution of monarchy -- Critiques of monarchy -- The realm of Torah and the realm of politics -- Ch. 4. Priests -- Introduction -- In the Bible: holy priests -- The second temple: ruling priests -- From priests to sages -- Ch. 5. Prophets -- Introduction -- The prophetic calling -- Prophecy as political challenge -- God's word: truth, falsehood, and interpretation -- A medieval prophet: the Abulafia controversy -- Ch. 6. Rabbis and sages -- Introduction -- Custodians of the law -- Beyond prophecy -- Authority of the oral law -- Medieval arguments: Karaites and Rabbanites -- Modern concerns: Halakhic innovation and Rabbinic authority -- Ch. 7. Controversy and dissent -- Introduction -- Majority and minority -- The individual: knowledge and responsibility -- The rebellious elder: institutional authority -- Living with disagreement -- Medieval arguments: the value of uniformity -- Modern disputes: the problem of authority -- Ch. 8. The good men of the town -- Introduction -- Talmudic foundations -- Justifying the Kahal's authority: early Ashkenaz -- Restricting the Kahal's authority: early Spain -- Developed doctrines of the Kahal -- The Kahal and the rabbi -- Ch. 9. The gentile state -- Introduction -- Legitimacy of the non-Jewish authority -- Modern disputes: civil and religious law -- Ch. 10. The state of Israel -- Introduction -- Legal and political continuity -- Religious significance of the state -- A Jewish and democratic state -- Glossary of names -- Glossary of terms -- List of commentators -- Index of Biblical and Rabbinic sources -- Index of names -- General Index.
• Volume II. Membership -- Introduction -- Ch. 11. Election -- Introduction -- The meaning of election -- Medieval models -- Religion and nationalism -- Commitment unto death -- Ch. 12. Social hierarchy -- Introduction -- Genealogy: well-born and ill-born -- Worship: priests and laity -- Torah: Hakham and Am ha-Aretz -- Ch. 13. Gender hierarchy -- Introduction -- Classical constructions -- In law and ritual -- In Torah study -- In public roles -- Ch. 14. Converts -- Introduction -- Biblical beginnings: joining the nation -- Rabbinic attitudes -- The procedure and its meaning -- Converts' status -- Conversion for marriage in modern times -- Acquiring citizenship in Israel -- Ch. 15. Heretics and apostates -- Introduction -- Biblical and Rabbinic background: internal enemies -- Sinners and apostates -- Rabbanite attitudes toward Karaites -- Dogmatism and heresy -- Leaving the ghetto: denominational Judaism -- Secularization and nationalism -- The boundaries of the nation-state -- Ch. 16. Gentiles -- Introduction -- From Adam and Eve to the Noahides -- The heathen nations -- Resident gentiles -- Righteous gentiles -- Moral coexistence -- Jewish citizens of the gentile states -- Gentile citizens of a Jewish state -- Glossary of names -- Glossary of terms -- List of commentators -- Index of Biblical and Rabbinic sources -- Index of names -- General index.
• Volume III. Community -- Introduction -- Ch. 17. The communal bond -- Introduction -- Fate and brotherhood -- Belonging and including -- Responsibility -- Helping -- Crisis -- Ch. 18. Husband and wife -- Introduction -- Marriage : biblical foundations -- Marriage : basic halakhic coneptions -- Marital relations : obligations and entitlements -- Martial breakdown : "defiance" and divorce -- The medieval debate : freedom versus subjection -- Contemporary struggles -- Ch. 19. Parents and children -- Introduction -- Parental power and its limits -- Filial duties -- Parental duties -- Inheritance -- Ch. 20. Welfare -- Introduction -- The question of ownership -- Sabbatical year : utopia and reality -- Edges and gleanings -- The basics of tzedakah -- Welfare organization in the community -- Holy societies -- Beyond tzedakah : the kibbutz and the welfare state -- Ch. 21. Taxation -- Introduction -- Principles -- Criteria of just taxation -- Exemptions -- Education and scholarship -- Ch. 22. Communal government -- Introduction -- Majority rule -- The one, the few, and the many--which majority? -- Decision rules -- Defining the self-ruling community -- Ch. 23. Enforcement and coerion -- Introduction -- Punishment : foundations and transformations -- Principle and application : lex talionis -- Corporal and capital unishment : the law -- Necessity and special powers -- Cercion -- Preemption and zealotry -- Ch. 24. The courts -- Introdution -- Foundations : building a system for justice -- The judge's responsibility -- The judge's power -- Alternative mechanisms -- Secular courts in a Jewish state -- Glossary of names -- Glossary of terms -- List of commentators -- Index of Biblical and Rabbinic sources -- Index of names -- General index.

Call Number

*PNE 00-6773

ISBN

• 0300078226
• 9780300078220
• 0300094280
• 9780300094282
• 0300228341
• 9780300228342
• 0300102011
• 9780300102017
• 0300115733
• 9780300115734

LCCN

99059743

OCLC

42955407

Title

The Jewish political tradition / editors, Michael Walzer, Menachem Lorberbaum, Noam J. Zohar ; coeditor, Yair Lorberbaum.

Imprint

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2000-<c2018>

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Walzer, Michael, editor.

Lorberbaum, Menachem, 1958- editor.

Zohar, Noʻam, editor.

Lorberbaum, Yair, editor.

Ackerman, Ari, editor.

Kochen, Madeline, 1957- editor.

Research Call Number

*PNE 00-6773