Judaism and Human Rights

Carlos Ripoll (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

436 Seiten

2001 | 2nd edition
Transaction Publishers (Verlag)
9780765808578 (ISBN)

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Areligion or a culture like Judaism, at least three thousand years old, cannot be expected to be all of one piece, homogeneous, self-contained, consistent, a neatly constructed system of ideas. If Judaism were that, it would have died centuries ago and would be a subject of interest only to the historian and archaeologist. Judaism has been a living force precisely because it is a teeming, thundering, and clamoring phenomenon, full of contrary tendencies and inconsistencies. Although there are no words or phrases in Hebrew Scriptures for "human rights," "conscience," or "due process of law," the ideals and values which these concepts represent were inherent in the earliest Jewish texts.This volume begins with four essays on the concept of man's being born "free and equal," in the image of God. The underpinning of this concept in Jewish law is explored in Section 2, entitled "The Rule of Law." Section 3, "The Democratic Ideal," traces the foundations of democracy in the Jewish teachings in the Bible and the Talmud, which in turn influenced the whole body of Western political thought. Relations between man and man, man and woman, employer and employee, slave and master are all spelled out. Section 4 presents essays analyzing man's freedom of conscience, and his God-given rights to dissent and protest. Section 5 deals with aspects of personal liberty, including the right of privacy. Section 6, entitled "The Earth is the Lord's," deals with the Jewish view of man's transient tenancy on God's earth, his obligations not to destroy anything that lives or grows, and to share the earth's bounty with the poor, the widowed, and the orphaned. Section 7 delivers an analysis of the "end of days" vision of Micah and man's continuing need to strive for peace and not for war. The volume concludes with three new essays, dealing with contemporary issues: "In God's Image: The Religious Imperative of Equality under Law"; "The Values of a Jewish and Democratic State: The Task of Reaching a Synthesis"; and "Religious Freedom and Religious Coercion in the State of Israel."This enlarged edition is accessibly written for a general and scholarly audience and will be of particular interest to political scientists, historians, and constitutional scholars.

Milton R. Konvitz is professor emeritus of law and professor emeritus of industrial and labor relations at Cornell University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and author and/or editor of many important books on constitutional law, Judaic studies, and philosophy.

I: Born Free and Equal; Editor's Note; Man’s Dignity in God’s World; Judaism and Equality; A Common Humanity under One God; Many Are Called and Many Are Chosen; II: The Rule of Law; Editor’s Note; The Bible and the Rule of Law; Kingship under the Judgment of God; The Rule of a Higher Law; III: The Democratic Ideal; Editor’s Note; Judaism and the Democratic Ideal; Foundations of Democracy in the Scriptures and Talmud; Democratic Aspirations in Talmudic Judaism; IV: Freedom of Conscience; Editor’s Note; Conscience and Civil Disobedience in the Jewish Tradition; Freedom of Religion-Absolute and Inalienable; The Right of Dissent and Intellectual Liberty; V: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; Editor’s Note; The Good Life; The Right of Privacy; There Shall Be No Poor; VI: The Earth Is the Lord’s; Editor’s Note; Man as Temporary Tenant; Do Not Destroy!; Ecology and the Jewish Tradition; VII: Pursuit of Peace; Editor's Note; The Vision of Micah; VIII: Human Rights in an Israeli Context; Religious Freedom and Religious Coercion in the State of Israel; In God’s Image: The Religious Imperative of Equality Under Law; The Values of a Jewish and Democratic State: The Task of Reaching a Synthesis

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2001
Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	589 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9780765808578 / 9780765808578
Zustand	Neuware