The Jewish Polity: Jewish Political Organization from Biblical Times to the Present (Jewish Political and Social Studies Series)
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Book Description
This major work covers the Jewish political tradition from its biblical beginnings to the present day. The tradition is illuminated in its various epochs by identifying how its principles and modes of action were embodied in the institutions of the Jewish people over their long history.
About the Author
Daniel J. Elazar, Senator N.M. Paterson Professor Emeritus of Intergovernmental Relations at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, is the founder and president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and founder and editor of the Jewish Political Studies Review. He is also Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Federalism at Temple University in Philadelphia, founder and editor-in-chief of Publius: The Journal of Federalism, and founder and past president of the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies. He is the author or editor of over 60 books including a 4-volume study of the Covenant Tradition in Politics (Transaction, 1995-1998), as well as Community and Polity, The Jewish Polity, and People and Polity, a trilogy on Jewish political and community organization from earliest times to the present.
The Jewish Polity: Jewish Political Organization from Biblical Times to the Present (Jewish Political and Social Studies Series),Daniel J. Elazar,Stuart A. Cohen,Indiana University Press,0253331560,General,History Of Jews,Jewish councils,Jews,Politics - Current Events,Politics and government,Politics in rabbinical literat,Politics in the Bible,Systems Of Government
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