Is Judaism Democratic? : Reflections from Theory and Practice Throughout the Ages /
"As government by the people, democracy has always had its proponents as well as opponents. What forms of government have Jewish leaders, both with and without actual political power, favored? Not surprisingly, many options have been offered theoretically and in practice. Perhaps more surprisin...
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| Format: | Electrònic Actes de congresos eBook |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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West Lafayette, Indiana :
Purdue University Press,
[2018]
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Taula de continguts:
- Goalkeeping: a biblical alternative to Greek political philosophy and the limits of liberal democracy / Joshua I. Weinstein
- The "will of the people" in antimonarchic biblical texts / Baruch Alster
- The democratic principle underlying Jewish law: moving beyond whether it is so to how and why it is so / David Brodsky
- Mipnei darkhei shalom: the promotion of harmonious relationships in the Mishnah's social order / Simcha Fishbane
- Theocracy as monarchy and anarchy / Samuel Hayim Brody
- Jewish democracy: from medieval community to modern State / Joseph Isaac Lifshitz
- Linking "Egypt with Texas": Emma Lazarus's Jewish vision of American democracy / David J. Peterson and Joan Latchaw
- Judaism and democracy / Lenn E. Goodman
- Monarchy and polity: systems of government in Jewish tradition / Lawrence H. Schiffman
- Democracy, Judaism, Israel, art, and demagoguery / Ori Z. Soltes
- Dignity and democracy: defending the principle of the sanctity of human life / Alan Mittleman
- "The will of the people" or "the will of the rabbis": democracy and the rabbis' authority / Shlomo Abramovich
- The Jewish State and the end of democratic Judaism / Meirav Jones.