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Judaism and human rights / Milton R. Konvitz, editor ; with a new introduction by the editor.

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Judaism and human rights / Milton R. Konvitz, editor ; with a new introduction by the editor.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Konvitz, Milton R. (Milton Ridvas), 1908-2003.
  • Konvitz, Milton Ridvas, 1908-
Description
427 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Civil rights (Jewish law)
  • Human rights > Judaism
  • Judaism and state > Israel
  • Judaism and state
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
pt. I. Born free and equal. Man's dignity in God's world / Milton R. Konvitz ; Judaism and equality / Emanuel Rackman ; A common humanity under one God / William A. Irwin ; Many are called and amany are chosen / Milton R. Konvitz -- pt. II. The rule of law. 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 -- pt. III. The democratic ideal. Judaism and the democratic ideal / Milton R. Konvitz ; Foundations of democracy in the scriptures and Talmud / Louis R. Finkelstein ; Democratic aspirations in Talmudic Judaism / Ben Zion Bokser -- pt. IV. Freedom of conscience. Conscience and civil disobedience / Milton R. Konvitz ; Freedom of religion -- Absolute and inalienable / Moses Mendelssohn ; The right of dissent and intellectual liberty / Robert Gordis -- pt. V. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The good life / Milton R. Konvitz ; The right of privacy / Norman Lamm ; There shall be no poor / Richard G. Hirsch -- pt. VI . The earth is the lord's. Man as temporary tenant / Samuel Belkin ; Do not destroy! / Samson Raphael Hirsch ; Ecology and the Jewish tradition / Eric G. Freudenstein -- pt. VII. Pursuit of peace. The vision of Micah / Robert Gordis -- pt. VIII. Human rights in an Israeli Context. Religious Freedom and Religious Coercion in the State of Israel / Haim H. Cohn ; In God's image: the religious imperative of equality under law / Geo. P. Fletcher ; The values of a Jewish and democratic state: the task of reaching a synthesis / Menachem Elon.
ISBN
0765808579 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001027045
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library