Research Catalog

Title

• Judaism and human rights. Edited by Milton R. Konvitz.

Author

Konvitz, Milton Ridvas, 1908-

Publication

New York, W. W. Norton [1972]

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Additional Authors

Konvitz, Milton R. (Milton Ridvas), 1908-2003

Description

315 p.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

• The B'nai B'rith Jewish heritage classics

Uniform Title

B'nai B'rith Jewish heritage classics

Subject

• Civil rights (Jewish law)
• Judaism

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 307.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Born free and equal: Man's dignity in God's world, by M. R. Konvitz. Judaism and equality, by E. Rackman. A common humanity under one God, by W. A. Irwin. Many are called and many are chosen, by M. R. Konvitz.--The rule of law: The Bible and the rule of law, by Lord Acton. Kingship under the judgment of God, by H. Frankfort. The rule of a higher law, by W. A. Irwin.--The democratic ideal: Judaism and the democratic ideal, by M. R. Konvitz. Foundations of democracy in the Scriptures and Talmud, by L. R. Finkelstein. Democratic aspirations in Talmudic Judaism, by B. Z. Bokser.--Freedom of conscience: Conscience and civil disobedience, by M. R. Konvitz. Freedom of religion--absolute and inalienable, by M. Mendelssohn. The right of dissent and intellectual liberty, by R. Gordis.--Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: The good life, by M. R. Konvitz. The right of privacy, by N. Lamm. There shall be no poor, by R. G. Hirsch.--The earth is the Lord's: Man as temporary tenant, by S. Belkin. Do not destroy! By S. R. Hirsch. Ecology and the Jewish Tradition, by E. G. Freudenstein.--Pursuit of peace: The vision of Micah, by R. Gordis.

ISBN

0393043576

LCCN

^^^70139400^

OCLC

278078

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library