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Jacob Neusner

Rabbinic Political Theory

Religion and Politics in the Mishnah

284 pages,  6 x 9  © 1991
Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism

Paper $36.00

ISBN: 9780226576510   Published June 1991

Preface
Introduction
1. Defining a Politics and the Politics of a Religion
2. Defining a Judaism and the Judaism of the Mishnah
Part One - The Structure
3. Politics within the Judaic Myth
4. The Divine Plan of Perfect Hierarchy
5. Administering the Social Order
Part Two - The System
6. Passion: Sanctification
7. Responsibility: Intention
8. Transcending Power: Proportion and Governance
Part Three - The Politics of Judaism in Systemic Context
9. Judaism's Initial Politics: A Theory of Comparison and Contrast
10. Why Aristotle in Particular?
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