The philosophy of the Bible as foundation of Jewish culture. Philosophy of biblical law / Eliezer Schweid ; translated from Hebrew by Leonard Levin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweid, Eliezer, 1929-2022.

Contributor:

Levin, Leonard.

Series:

Reference library of Jewish intellectual history.

Reference library of Jewish intellectual history

Standardized Title:

Filosofyah shel ha-Tanakh ki-yesod tarbut Yisraʹel (Biblical law). English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Civilization.

Jews.

Jewish law--Philosophy.

Jewish law.

Bible. Old Testament--Philosophy.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Deuteronomy--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Like Spinoza in his Theological-Political Treatise, Schweid helps us grasp the potential for seeing radically new messages in this oldest of books, the Bible. The American Founding Fathers realized that the Bible offers strong support for the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Socially, it offers a message of egalitarianism, especially in the provisions of the Jubilee. It is hardly an accident that two modern political movements found mottos ready at hand from the 25th chapter of Leviticus: "Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof" (engraved on the Liberty Bell), and "The land shall not be sold in perpetuity" (motto of the Jewish National Fund). Schweid helps us to appreciate the broader message of the narrative of creation and settlement of the land in its ecumenical and planetary dimensions. The world is God's creation, and its resources are to be deployed as necessary for the sustenance and need-fulfillment of all peoples and all creatures equally-a message very much relevant to the ecological crisis facing us all at the present time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

The Complementarity of Law and Narrative

Chapter 1. The Law of the Kingdom of God

Chapter 2. Deuteronomy (the "Second Torah") - The Beginning of Renewal of the Written Torah as Oral Torah

Chapter 3. The Partnership of Man and Woman in the Law of Moses and the Prophets

Chapter 4. Universalism and Particularism - Openness to Foreign Cultures, and Isolation from their Influence

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-61811-048-9

OCLC:

1135573019