Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile,
where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any
other. What use, then, can this body of thought be today to Jews
living in Israel or as emancipated citizens in secular democratic
states? Can a culture of exile be adapted to help Jews find ways of
being at home politically today? These questions are central in Law,
Politics, and Morality in Judaism, a collection of essays by
contemporary political theorists, philosophers, and lawyers. How does
Jewish law accommodate--or fail to accommodate--the practice of
democratic citizenship? What range of religious toleration and
pluralism is compatible with traditional Judaism? What forms of
coexistence between Jews and non-Jews are required by shared
citizenship? How should Jews operating within halakha (Jewish law) and
Jewish history judge the use of force by modern states? The authors
assembled here by prominent political theorist Michael Walzer come
from different points on the religious-secular spectrum, and they
differ greatly in their answers to such questions. But they all enact
the relationship at issue since their answers, while based on critical
Jewish texts, also reflect their commitments as democratic citizens.
The contributors are Michael Walzer, David Biale, the late Robert M.
Cover, Menachem Fisch, Geoffrey B. Levey, David Novak, Aviezer
Ravitzky, Adam B. Seligman, Suzanne Last Stone, and Noam J. Zohar.
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ISBN
9781400827206
Publisert
2013
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Princeton University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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