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Book cover image of Judaism and Human Rights: Second Edition by Milton Konvitz

Authors: Milton Konvitz
ISBN-13: 9780765808578, ISBN-10: 0765808579
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Date Published: October 2001
Edition: 2ND

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Author Biography: Milton Konvitz

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Table of Contents

Introduction to Transaction Edition1
Preface11
Introduction13
Pt. IBorn Free and Equal23
Editor's Note25
Man's Dignity in God's World27
Judaism and Equality33
A Common Humanity under One God55
Many Are Called and Many Are Chosen75
Pt. IIThe Rule of Law85
Editor's Note87
The Bible and the Rule of Law89
Kingship under the Judgment of God92
The Rule of a Higher Law99
Pt. IIIThe Democratic Ideal115
Editor's Note117
Judaism and the Democratic Ideal119
Foundations of Democracy in the Scriptures and Talmud140
Democratic Aspirations in Talmudic Judaism145
Pt. IVFreedom of Conscience157
Editor's Note159
Conscience and Civil Disobedience161
Freedom of Religion - Absolute and Inalienable179
The Right of Dissent and Intellectual Liberty190
Pt. VLife, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness213
Editor's Note215
The Good Life216
The Right of Privacy225
There Shall Be No Poor234
Pt. VIThe Earth Is the Lord's247
Editor's Note249
Man as Temporary Tenant251
Do Not Destroy!259
Ecology and the Jewish Tradition265
Pt. VIIPursuit of Peace275
Editor's Note277
The Vision of Micah278
Pt. VIIIHuman Rights in an Israeli Context289
Religious Freedom and Religious Coercion in the State of Israel291
In God's Image: The Religious Imperative of Equality Under Law335
The Values of a Jewish and Democratic State: The Task of Reaching a Synthesis353
Contributors419
Index421

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