Philosophy of the law : the political in the Torah / Shmuel Trigano ; with a foreword by David Novak ; translated by Gila Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trigano, Shmuel.

Standardized Title:

Philosophie de la loi. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Judaism and politics.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Pentateuch.

Politics in the Bible.

Jewish law.

Physical Description:

ix, 555 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem ; New York : Shalem Press, [2011]

Summary:

It has become a commonplace to regard nature and politics as the privileged sphere of Greet philosophy and to consider the thinking of Israel as exclusively attuned to the word of God. Yet an unbiased reading of the text of the Torah reveals a coherent biblical approach to the political.

In Philosophy of the Law, Shmuel Trigano outlines the political theory of the Bible through a philosophical inquiry into the biblical text. Trigano claims that, far from advocating a theocracy, with all power in the hands of the Divine, biblical politics is based on human freedom. The Covenant in the Hebrew Bible may not be a ôsocial contract,ö but the politics to which it leads can illuminate our thinking on the social contract model, which dominates the modern understanding of politics. Book jacket.

Notes:

Originally published in French in 1991 as: Philosophie de la loi : l'origine de la politique dans la Tora.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9657052718

9789657052716

OCLC:

681502296

Publisher Number:

99943810838