The Jewish Political Tradition: CommunityMichael Walzer, Menachem Lorberbaum, Noam Zohar, Yair Lorberbaum Yale University Press, 1 de gen. 2000 - 696 pàgines The third of four volumes in a distinguished series, this volume includes chapters on the nature of the communal bond, marriage and family, welfare, taxation, government, and criminal justice The four-volume series on the Jewish political tradition that includes this volume seeks to connect the political thought of ancient Israel and the Diaspora with the emerging traditions of the modern Israeli state. The first two volumes dealt with authority and membership, respectively; this third volume, with Madeline Kochen as coeditor, deals with community, with chapters on the communal bond, marriage and family, welfare, taxation, government, and criminal justice. |
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Introduction | 10 |
Election Chapter 12 Social Hierarchy Chapter 13 Gender Hierarchy Chapter 14 Converts | 11 |
Politics in History Chapter 25 Land | 17 |
BT Sotah 37ab | 18 |
BT Taanit | 24 |
Heretics and Apostates Chapter 16 Gentiles Volume III Community Chapter 17 The Communal Bond | 28 |
Ransoming Captives | 46 |
Burying the Righteous and the Wicked | 54 |
BT Bava Batra | 285 |
Against Redirecting Charity Funds | 291 |
Politics without Sovereignty Chapter 29 Redemption Chapter 30 The Value of Political Life | 307 |
Taxation | 323 |
Communal Government | 385 |
Communal Government | 386 |
Enforcement and Coercion | 448 |
Enforcement and Coercion | 450 |
Husband and Wife | 67 |
Parents and Children | 71 |
Defiance and Divorce | 111 |
Grounds for Demanding Divorce | 117 |
Meir b Baruch of Rothenburg Responsa Prague 81 | 124 |
Parents and Children | 155 |
Chapter 26 | 186 |
Welfare | 221 |
The Basics of Tzedakah | 258 |
Degrees and Dilemmas of Receiving and Giving | 264 |
Exile | 272 |
Welfare Organization in the Community | 275 |
The Courts | 451 |
A Debate | 484 |
Necessity and Special Powers | 494 |
Contemporary Extralegal Punishment Only by Royal Authorization | 501 |
Capital PunishmentReservations | 507 |
The Courts | 550 |
The Judges Power | 579 |
Alternative Mechanisms | 589 |
Glossary of Names | 605 |
Glossary of Terms | 625 |
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