LEADER 04477nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910454774403321 005 20210916030753.0 010 $a9786612753961 010 $a1-4008-2352-8 010 $a1-282-75396-7 010 $a1-4008-1282-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823529 035 $a(CKB)111056486501368 035 $a(EBL)581633 035 $a(OCoLC)700688659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000131585 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131585 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10017671 035 $a(PQKB)10235180 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000434999 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11307686 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000434999 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10403914 035 $a(PQKB)11127505 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581633 035 $a(OCoLC)51453413 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36128 035 $a(DE-B1597)446160 035 $a(OCoLC)979628984 035 $a(OCoLC)984663604 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823529 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581633 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031952 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275396 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486501368 100 $a19990507d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCovenantal rights$b[electronic resource] $ea study in Jewish political theory /$fDavid Novak 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aNew forum books 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-14437-0 311 0 $a0-691-02680-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations Used in Text --$tIntroduction --$tChapter I. God and Human Persons --$tChapter II. Human Persons and God --$tChapter III. God and Covenanted Community --$tChapter IV. Covenanted Community and God --$tChapter V. Between Human Persons --$tChapter VI. Covenanted Community and Human Persons --$tChapter VII. Human Persons and Covenanted Community --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aCovenantal Rights is a groundbreaking work of political theory: a comprehensive, philosophically sophisticated attempt to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into current political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse more fully into Jewish thought. David Novak pursues these aims by presenting a theory of rights founded on the covenant between God and the Jewish people as that covenant is constituted by Scripture and the rabbinic tradition. In doing so, he presents a powerful challenge to prevailing liberal and conservative positions on rights and duties and opens a new chapter in contemporary Jewish political thinking. For Novak, "covenantal rights" are rooted in God's primary rights as creator of the universe and as the elector of a particular community whose members relate to this God as their sovereign. The subsequent rights of individuals and communities flow from God's covenantal promises, which function as irrevocable entitlements. This presents a sharp contrast to the liberal tradition, in which rights flow above all from individuals. It also challenges the conservative idea that duties can take precedence over rights, since Novak argues that there are no covenantal duties that are not backed by correlative rights. Novak explains carefully and clearly how this theory of covenantal rights fits into Jewish tradition and applies to the relationships among God, the covenanted community, and individuals. This work is a profound and provocative contribution to contemporary religious and political theory. 410 0$aNew forum books. 606 $aCivil rights (Jewish law) 606 $aJews$xPolitics and government$xPhilosophy 606 $aHuman rights$xReligious aspects$xJudaism$xHistory of doctrines 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivil rights (Jewish law) 615 0$aJews$xPolitics and government$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aHuman rights$xReligious aspects$xJudaism$xHistory of doctrines. 676 $a296.3/82 700 $aNovak$b David$f1941-$0904459 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454774403321 996 $aCovenantal rights$92443884 997 $aUNINA