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UNINA9910828645203321 |
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Autore |
Novak David <1941-> |
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Titolo |
Covenantal rights : a study in Jewish political theory / / David Novak |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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9786612753961 |
1-4008-2352-8 |
1-282-75396-7 |
1-4008-1282-8 |
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Edizione |
[Core Textbook] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civil rights (Jewish law) |
Jews - Politics and government - Philosophy |
Human rights - Religious aspects - Judaism - History of doctrines |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction -- Chapter I. God and Human Persons -- Chapter II. Human Persons and God -- Chapter III. God and Covenanted Community -- Chapter IV. Covenanted Community and God -- Chapter V. Between Human Persons -- Chapter VI. Covenanted Community and Human Persons -- Chapter VII. Human Persons and Covenanted Community -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Covenantal Rights is a groundbreaking work of political theory: a comprehensive, philosophically sophisticated attempt to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into current political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse more fully into Jewish thought. David Novak pursues these aims by presenting a theory of rights founded on the covenant between God and the Jewish people as that covenant is constituted by Scripture and the rabbinic tradition. In doing so, he presents a powerful challenge to prevailing liberal and conservative positions on rights and duties and opens a new chapter in contemporary Jewish political thinking. For Novak, "covenantal rights" are rooted in God's primary rights as creator of the universe and as the elector of a particular community whose members relate to this God as |
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