The Hebrew republic : Jewish sources and the transformation of European political thought / Eric Nelson.
2010
JC67 .N45 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The Hebrew republic : Jewish sources and the transformation of European political thought / Eric Nelson.
Author
Nelson, Eric, 1977-
ISBN
9780674050587 (alk. paper)
0674050584 (alk. paper)
0674050584 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
229 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
JC67 .N45 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.01/1
Summary
"According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, political thought in early-modern Europe became less, not more, secular with time, and it was the Christian encounter with Hebrew sources that provoked this radical transformation."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
"Talmudical commonwealthsmen" and the rise of republican exclusivism
"For the land is mine" : the Hebrew commonwealth and the rise of redistribution
Hebrew theocracy and the rise of toleration.
"For the land is mine" : the Hebrew commonwealth and the rise of redistribution
Hebrew theocracy and the rise of toleration.