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Politics and the limits of law : secularizing the political in medieval Jewish thought / Menachem Lorberbaum.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contraversions (Stanford, Calif.)Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.Description: xii, 216 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0804740747 (alk. paper)
  • 9780804740746 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.3/82/0902
LOC classification:
  • BM 645 L865p 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Divine Law and Secular Politics -- The Polity -- Biblical and Talmudic Background -- Maimonides -- The Natural Foundations of Politics -- "Man Is Political by Nature" -- Modern Interpretations -- Polity and Society -- Medieval Interpretations -- Naturalizing Divine Law -- The Insufficiency of Law -- Maimonides on Law -- From Law to Politics -- The Code on the Priority of Politics -- Monarchy--A King Must Be Appointed and Honored -- The King and the Sanhedrin -- The King's Right to Command -- The King's Right to Punish -- Royal Law -- Consent -- The Maimonidean Monarchy--Instrumental or Natural? -- Constitutional Crisis and Messianic Resolution -- The Maimonidean Polity -- Politics and Religion -- Tension -- The Messianic Polity -- The Utopian Vision -- The Messianic Age and the Utopian Vision -- Gerondi -- The Kahal as a Polity -- The History of Public Law -- Communal Authority -- Nahmanides -- Solomon ibn Adret (Rashba) -- The Autonomy of Politics -- Politics -- The Structure of the Polity -- Divine Law -- Impasse -- Conclusion: Secularizing Politics -- Turning to Modernity.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-208) and indexes.

Introduction: Divine Law and Secular Politics -- The Polity -- Biblical and Talmudic Background -- Maimonides -- The Natural Foundations of Politics -- "Man Is Political by Nature" -- Modern Interpretations -- Polity and Society -- Medieval Interpretations -- Naturalizing Divine Law -- The Insufficiency of Law -- Maimonides on Law -- From Law to Politics -- The Code on the Priority of Politics -- Monarchy--A King Must Be Appointed and Honored -- The King and the Sanhedrin -- The King's Right to Command -- The King's Right to Punish -- Royal Law -- Consent -- The Maimonidean Monarchy--Instrumental or Natural? -- Constitutional Crisis and Messianic Resolution -- The Maimonidean Polity -- Politics and Religion -- Tension -- The Messianic Polity -- The Utopian Vision -- The Messianic Age and the Utopian Vision -- Gerondi -- The Kahal as a Polity -- The History of Public Law -- Communal Authority -- Nahmanides -- Solomon ibn Adret (Rashba) -- The Autonomy of Politics -- Politics -- The Structure of the Polity -- Divine Law -- Impasse -- Conclusion: Secularizing Politics -- Turning to Modernity.

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