Jewish Justice: The Contested Limits of Nature, Law, and Covenant

ISBN-13: 9781481305297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 311 str.

David Novak

Opis

This book is a collection of previously published essays.

Spis treści

• Introduction
• 1. Can Capital Punishment Ever Be Justified in the Jewish Tradition?
• 2. The Elimination of Mutilation and Torture in Rabbinic Thought and Practice
• 3. Natural Law, Human Dignity, and the Protection of Human Property
• 4. Land and People: One Jewish Perspective
• 5. Jewish Marriage and Civil Law: A Two-Way Street?
• 6. Jewish Marriage: Nature, Covenant, and Contract
• 7. Divine Justice/Divine Command
• 8. The Universality of Jewish Ethics: A Rejoinder to Secularist Critics
• 9. The Judaic Foundation of Rights
• 10. Social Contract in Modern Jewish Thought: A Theological Critique
• 11. Toward a Jewish Public Philosophy in America
• 12. Defending Niebuhr from Hauerwas
• 13. Is Natural Law a Border Concept Between Judaism and Christianity?