Nelson, Eric, 1977-

The Hebrew republic : Jewish sources and the transformation of European political thought / Eric Nelson. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (229 pages)

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.


In English.

9780674056749 0674056744

10.4159/9780674056749 doi

22573/ctt1348w27 JSTOR


To 70


Jews--Politics and government--To 70 A.D.
Judaism and politics--History of doctrines.
Politics in rabbinical literature.
Political science--History.--Europe
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
RELIGION--Judaism--History.
Civilization--Jewish influences.
Jews--Politics and government.
Judaism and politics--History of doctrines.
Political science.
Politics in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinische Literatur
Rezeption
Politische Philosophie
Political Science, other.
Political science.
Political Science.
Politics in rabbinical literature.
Politik.
Politische Philosophie.
Rabbinische Literatur.
Rezeption.
Social Sciences.


Europe--Civilization--Jewish influences.
Europe.
Europa
Europa.


Electronic books.
History.

JC67 / .N45 2010eb

320.01/1