Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism

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Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What use, then, can this body of thought be to Jews living in Israel or as emancipated citizens in secular states This collection of essays by political theorists and lawyers deals with such questions.

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"This volume provides the reader with clear and penetrating discussion of such problems and suggests various models for how to conduct inquiry into them."--Michael L. Morgan, History of Political Thought

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Michael Walzer is a permanent member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is the author of "The Revolution of the Saints, Just and Unjust Wars, Spheres of Justice, Toleration," and "Politics and Passion".