Covenantal rights : a study in Jewish political theory / David Novak.
"Covenantal Rights is a 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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2000]
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| Series: | New forum books.
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| Summary: | "Covenantal Rights is a 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."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 240 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0691026807 9780691026800 9780691144375 0691144370 |