What Judaism Says about Politics: The Political Theology of the Torah
A study by a political scientist of traditional Jewish sources for their ideas about justice, law, and society.
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A study by a political scientist of traditional Jewish sources for their ideas about justice, law, and society. Booknews The author, a consultant on international strategic and political affairs, asserts that Judaism offers a guideline for the moral basis of a good society, and he explores how traditional Jewish sources deal with the fundamental concept of man and society. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction1The Idea of Torah1The Meanings of "Torah"1The Teaching of Simeon the Just9The Universal Dimension of Torah17Torah and Ethics20The Teaching of Eleazar ben Azariah22The Oral Torah292The Moral Autonomy of Man39Purpose in Creation39The Centrality of Man44Man in the Image of God48Imitatio Dei563Between Man and God65Divine Omniscience and the Freedom to Choose65Discussion of the Issue in the Middle Ages71The Reemergence of Gersonides' Argument83Divine Omnipotence and Free Will86The Incomprehensibility Argument91The Semantic Argument92The Limitation of Power Argument94The Retribution Argument97The Divine Withdrawal Argument1004Man and Society105Man as a Social Being105Equality versus Liberty108The Responsibility of the Individual to Society117The Political Imperative125A Universal Society?130The Moral Basis of the State132The Question of Majority Rule134The Importance of Education139Limiting the Public Burden143Building a Fence around the Torah1445Torah as Justice and Law149The Concept of Lovingkindness149Justice and Righteousness154Justice and Law160The Teaching of Simeon ben Gamaliel164Equality Before the Law1696Law: Natural, Conventional, and Divine175The Thought of Joseph Albo175The Views of Later Writers183The Concept of Divine Law1867The Mosaic Law199The 613 Precepts199The Positive and Negative Precepts209Classifying the Precepts212The Decalogue220Can Mosaic Law Be Changed?2258Conclusion231References235Index247
\ BooknewsThe author, a consultant on international strategic and political affairs, asserts that Judaism offers a guideline for the moral basis of a good society, and he explores how traditional Jewish sources deal with the fundamental concept of man and society. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
