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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joseph Isaac Lifshitz (Dr)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.550kg ISBN: 9781107008243ISBN 10: 1107008247 Pages: 273 Publication Date: 29 October 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Framing the discussion: overview of the literature; 2. Methodology: identifying the relevant texts; 3. Methodology: Halakha and Agada - laws, principles, and ideology; 4. Overview of the book; Part II. Historical Background: 5. R. Meir of Rothenburg and his teachers and students; 6. The history of the Jewish people and Jewish communities in Germany and Northern France (1000–1300); 7. The development of Talmudic exegesis in Germany and Northern France (1000–1300); 8. Highlights of R. Meir's biography; 9. D. R. Meir's Halakhic approach; 10. Political theory in Germany and Northern France (1000–1300); Part III. Politics as Private Interest: 11. Community as partnership; 12. The role of custom in monetary laws; 13. Beyond partnership: the community as corporation; Part IV. The Sacred Nature of the Political Sphere: 14. The common good; 15. Majority-rule; 16. Agency and representation; 17. The theological definition of community; Part V. Conclusion: 18. Politics as extra-legal activity: ambiguity in R. Meir's works; 19. The theology of unity and despotism.ReviewsAdvance praise: 'This investigation into the political theory of Rabbi Meir Rothenburg is a major contribution to both the theory of halachic dispute and the emergence of a Jewish political discourse in the Middle Ages. Retracing the sources of Rabbi Rothenburg back to Torah, Talmud, the Geonim, and the Sephardic thinkers, this brilliant research demonstrates his unique concept of a Jewish political theology.' Christoph Schmidt, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Advance praise: 'This splendid, erudite book will serve many audiences, including historians of Judaism and students of comparative law and of comparative political thought.' Menachem Kellner, Shalem College, Jerusalem Advance praise: 'It is often assumed that medieval Jewish thinkers only formulated political theory in a Platonic or Aristotelian mold. But, in this extraordinary and original study, Isaac Lifshitz clearly and persuasively shows that the thirteenth-century German rabbi, Meir of Rothenburg, formulated a political theory out of classical Jewish sources alone, using rabbinic conceptions alone. Only a scholar of Isaac Lifshitz's vast learning and theoretical perspicacity could have reconstructed Rabbi Meir's political theory in a way that nonspecialists can readily understand. This book is an original contribution to Jewish studies specifically, and to political theory in general.' David Novak, University of Toronto Advance praise: 'This investigation into the political theory of Rabbi Meir Rothenburg is a major contribution to both the theory of halachic dispute and the emergence of a Jewish political discourse in the Middle Ages. Retracing the sources of Rabbi Rothenburg back to Torah, Talmud, the Geonim, and the Sephardic thinkers, this brilliant research demonstrates his unique concept of a Jewish political theology.' Christoph Schmidt, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Author InformationJoseph Isaac Lifshitz is a senior lecturer at the Shalem College and a fellow of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center at Tel Aviv University. He also teaches Talmud at R' Yitzchak Yechiel Yeshiva in Jerusalem. His research areas include Jewish philosophy, Talmud, Jewish law, Jewish history, and political theory. He has published widely on the law and philosophy of the Sabbath and on Jewish economic thought. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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