Commandment and community : new essays in Jewish legal and political philosophy

Author(s)

• Frank, Daniel H.

Bibliographic Information

Commandment and community : new essays in Jewish legal and political philosophy

edited by Daniel H. Frank

（SUNY series in Jewish philosophy）

State University of New York Press, c1995

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is divided into two parts, "Judaism and Political Praxis" and "Halakha and the Political Order." The first part is concerned with issues at the interface of Jewish political theory and practice: a Jewish philosophy of justice, the formulation of a practical philosophy based on traditional Jewish sources, and the need for greater political activism among Jews. The second part presents both systematic and historical studies. It includes the strategies used to determine the meaning and intelligibility of texts and norms in the rabbinic tradition, trends in the history of Jewish political thought, and the connectedness of law and morality in traditional Judaism.

Table of Contents

Introduction PART 1. JUDAISM AND POLITICAL PRAXIS Toward a Jewish Philosophy of Justice Lenn E. Goodman Is a Jewish Practical Philosophy Possible? Oliver Leaman Reason in Action: The "Practicality" of Maimonides's Guide Daniel H. Frank Jewish Tradition and National Policy Elliot N. Dorff PART 2. HALAKHA AND THE POLITICAL ORDER Underdetermination of Meaning by the Talmudic Text Aryeh Botwinick Nachmanides's Conception of Ta'amei Mitzvot and Its Maimonidean Background Josef Stern The Attitude Toward Democracy in Medieval Jewish Philosophy Abraham Melamed Abravanel and the Jewish Republican Ethos Reuven Kimelman Spinoza's Challenge to the Doctrine of Election David Novak Morality and War: A Critique of Bleich's Oracular Halakha Noam J. Zohar Response to Noam Zohar  J. David Bleich Reply to David Bleich  Noam J. Zohar Contributors Index

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• NCID: BA26268534
• ISBN:
  • 0791424294
  • 0791424308
• LCCN: 94018406
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 285 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BM645.P64
  • DC20 : 296.3/877
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Judaism and politics -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Jewish law -- Philosophy -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Philosophy, Jewish -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12861884