Tradition in the Public Square: A David Novak Reader
Tradition in the Public Square collects key essays by David Novak, one of the world’s leading contemporary Jewish thinkers. Novak’s insightful writings in this reader address the inextricable relationship between philosophical and theological matters and present the implications of his philosophical theology for social ethics and theo-politics.\ “One of the marks — perhaps the most important mark — of a great thinker is the ability to respond to the conditions and problems of one's time by...
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Tradition in the Public Square collects key essays by David Novak, one of the world’s leading contemporary Jewish thinkers. Novak’s insightful writings in this reader address the inextricable relationship between philosophical and theological matters and present the implications of his philosophical theology for social ethics and theo-politics.“One of the marks — perhaps the most important mark — of a great thinker is the ability to respond to the conditions and problems of one's time by changing the terms of the conversation. By this standard, David Novak ranks as one of the great American theologians of our time. His work, a response to the primary issue confronting modern Judaism — namely, what it means to be a part of Western culture yet separate from its secularized form of life — has helped to make Jewish theology and philosophy thriving fields in North American university life.”— from the introduction
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction Randi Rashkover Martin Kavka xiWhy Tradition?The Role of PhilosophyPhilosophy and the Possibility of Revelation: A Theological Response to the Challenge of Leo Strauss (1996) 3The Dialectic between Theory and Practice in Rabbinic Thought (2004) 21Revelation, Covenant, and Law: The Phenomena of TraditionHeschel on Revelation (1999) 37Creation and Election (1995) 46The Life of the Covenant (1995) 66The Role of Dogma in Judaism (1988) 73Is There a Concept of Individual Rights in Jewish Law? (1994) 88The Precondition for the Phenomena: Noahide Law as Natural LawNoahide Law: A Foundation for Jewish Philosophy (1979) 113Persons in the Image of God (1998) 145Natural Law, Universalism, and Multiculturalism (1998) 154Tradition in the Public SquareJudaism and Multicultural PoliticsLaw: Religious or Secular? (2000) 163What Is Jewish about Jews and Judaism in America? (1993) 187The Right and the Good (2002) 202Is Natural Law a Border Concept between Judaism and Christianity? (2004) 213The Treatment of Islam and Muslims in the Legal Writings of Maimonides (1986) 231Case Studies: Judiasm and Social EthicsA Jewish View of War (1974) 253A Jewish View of Abortion (1974) 266A Halakhic View of Responsibility (1982) 279Religious Communities, Secular Societies, and Sexuality: One Jewish Opinion (1998) 283Jewish Marriage and Civil Law: A Two-Way Street? (2000) 304Can Capital Punishment Ever Be Justified in the Jewish Tradition? (2004) 328A Jewish Argument for Socialized Medicine (2003) 345Index of Subjects and Names 360Index of Scripture and Other Ancient References 370
