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Author Novak, David, 1941-

Title Covenantal rights : a study in Jewish political theory / David Novak
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages)
Series New forum books
New forum books.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
Summary Covenantal 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
Analysis Humaniora Religionsvidenskab
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Civil rights (Jewish law)
Jews -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- History of doctrines
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology.
Civil rights (Jewish law)
Jews -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1400812828
9781400812820
9781400823529
1400823528