The Hebrew Republic: Jewish Sources and the Transformation of European Political Thought PDF
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The Hebrew Republic The Hebrew Republic Jewish Sources and the Transformation of Eu ro pe an Po liti cal Thought E r ic N e l s o n Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts • London, En gland Copyright © 2010 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America FirstHarvardUniversityPresspaperbackedition,2011 Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Nelson, Eric, 1977– The Hebrew republic : Jewish sources and the transformation of European political thought / Eric Nelson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-674-05058-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-674-06213-9 (pbk.) 1. Jews—Politics and government—To 70 A.D. 2. Judaism and politics— History of doctrines. 3. Politics in rabbinical literature. 4. Political science— Europe—History. 5. Europe—Civilization—Jewish infl uences. I. Title. JC67.N45 2010 320.01'1—dc22 2009038615 To Cela and Jack Sarna, to Renee Nelson, and to the memory of Howard Nelson “One who teaches his grandson the Torah is regarded as if he himself received it from Sinai.” FMKAL BFWLE FKMQ EMQN EUFW FOB √B WA DNmNE ML .KOKï UEN EMBT Talmud, Kiddushin Contents Introduction 1 1. “ Talmudical Commonwealthsmen” and the Rise of Republican Exclusivism 23 2. “For the Land Is Mine”: The Hebrew Commonwealth and the Rise of Redistribution 57 3. Hebrew Theocracy and the Rise of Toleration 88 Epilogue 138 Notes 141 Ac know ledg ments 201 Bibliography 205 Index 223 The Hebrew Republic
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