Title: Covenantal rights : a study in Jewish political theory /
Authors: Novak, David, 1941-
Publisher: Princeton University Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Civil rights (Jewish law); Jews Politics and government Philosophy.; Human rights Religious aspects Judaism History of doctrines.
Abstract: "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.
Contents: Introduction -- God and human persons -- Human persons and God -- God and covenanted community -- Covenanted community and God -- Between human persons -- Covenanted community and human persons -- Human persons and covenanted community.