The Hebrew republic : Jewish sources and the transformation of European political thought / Eric Nelson.

By:

Nelson, Eric, 1977-

Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674056749
0674056744

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hebrew republic.DDC classification:

320.01/1 22

LOC classification:

JC67 .N45 2010eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

"Talmudical commonwealthsmen" and the rise of republican exclusivism -- "For the land is mine" : the Hebrew commonwealth and the rise of redistribution -- Hebrew theocracy and the rise of toleration.

Review: "According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, political thought in early-modern Europe became less, not more, secular with time, and it was the Christian encounter with Hebrew sources that provoked this radical transformation."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Talmudical commonwealthsmen" and the rise of republican exclusivism -- "For the land is mine" : the Hebrew commonwealth and the rise of redistribution -- Hebrew theocracy and the rise of toleration.

"According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, political thought in early-modern Europe became less, not more, secular with time, and it was the Christian encounter with Hebrew sources that provoked this radical transformation."--Jacket.