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Jewish justice : the contested limits of nature, law, and covenant
- Author / Creator
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Details
- Creator
- David Novak
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (313 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781481305310, 148130531X, 9781481305334, 1481305336, 1481305298
- OCLC
- ocn987016330
- This book is a collection of previously published essays.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Can capital punishment ever be justified in the Jewish tradition? -- The elimination of mutilation and torture in rabbinic thought and practice -- Natural law, human dignity, and the protection of human property -- Land and people: one Jewish perspective -- Jewish marriage and civil law: a two-way street? -- Jewish marriage: nature, covenant, and contract -- Divine justice/divine command -- The universality of Jewish ethics: a rejoinder to secularist critics -- The Judaic foundation of rights -- Social contract in modern Jewish thought: a theological critique -- Toward a Jewish public philosophy in America -- Defending Niebuhr from Hauerwas -- Is natural law a border concept between Judaism and Christianity?