TY - BOOK AU - Sicker,Martin TI - The political culture of Judaism SN - 9780313075759 AV - BM645.P64 S547 2001eb U1 - 296.3/82 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger KW - Judaism and politics KW - Jewish ethics KW - Ethics, Jewish KW - RELIGION KW - Judaism KW - Theology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Jodendom KW - gtt KW - Politieke cultuur KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-153) and index; The foundations of Judaic civilization -- Democratic theocracy -- The idea of consent -- Nomocracy, or the regime of halakhah -- The individual and society -- Social justice -- National security N2 - Sicker examines the fundamental issues of the relationship of the individual to society and state, the implications for public policy of the Judaic focus on social justice, and the rabbinic approach to the problems of national security, from the perspective of a distinctive Judaic political culture that emerges from the source documents and traditions of classical Judaism UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=182481 ER -