Rabbinic Political Theory Religion and Politics in the Mishnah

Name: Rabbinic Political Theory Religion and Politics in the Mishnah
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ISBN: 9780226576503

ISBN-10: 0226576507

ISBN-13: 9780226576503

Edition: 1991

Authors: Jacob Neusner

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InThe Economics of the MishnahJacob Neusner showed how economics functioned as an active and generative ingredient in the system of the Mishnah. With this new study,Rabbinic Political Theory, he moves from the economics to the politics of the Mishnah, placing that politics in the broader context of ancient political theory. Neusner begins his study with a modification of Weber's categories for a theory of politics: myth, institutions, administration, passion, responsibility, and proportion. Detailing the Mishnah's conception of politics, Neusner considers what he calls the stable and static structure and system through comparison with Aristotle. Although Aristotle'sPoliticsand the Mishnah…

Book details

List price: $57.50
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/18/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 284
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Defining a Politics and the Politics of a Religion



Defining a Judaism and the Judaism of the Mishnah



The Structure



Politics within the Judaic Myth



The Divine Plan of Perfect Hierarchy



Administering the Social Order



The System



Passion: Sanctification



Responsibility: Intention



Transcending Power: Proportion and Governance



The Politics of Judaism in Systemic Context



Judaism's Initial Politics: A Theory of Comparison and Contrast



Why Aristotle in Particular?