Jacobs, Jonathan A

Judiac Sources and Western Thought Jerusalem`s Enduring Presence - Oxford Oxford University Press 2011 - 284p

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Some judaic Roots
The durability of Goodness .....21
Judaism and the Idea of the Future.........49
2. Judaic culture and politics
Herbraism : The third culture ............73
The political Thought of the Biblical History, Genesis-Kings..........97
3. Fundamental Elements of Morality and moral Psychology
Tradition, Rationality, and moral Life :Medieval Judaism`s Insight...........127
Natural Law and Jewish philosophy ..........153
4. Medieval and modern politics : Maimonides and Spinoza on Reason and revelation
The politics of Fear : Idolatry and Superstition in Maimonides and spinoza ............177
Torah as political Philosophy : Maimonides and spinoza on Religious law .............190
5. Moral Personality : Enduring influences and continued borrowing
Dancing in Chains: The baffling coexistence of Legalism and exuberance in Judaic and Islamic tradition .............217
Individuality .......238


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