TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schweid,Eliezer
AU  - Levin,Leonard
TI  - The Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture: Philosophy of Biblical Law 
T2  - Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History
SN  - 9781934843529
AV  - BS645 .S39213 2008
U1  - 221.6 
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Boston, MA : 
PB  - Academic Studies Press, 
KW  - Jewish law
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Jews
KW  - Civilization
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; The Complementarity of Law and Narrative --; Chapter 1. The Law of the Kingdom of God --; Chapter 2. Deuteronomy (the “Second Torah”) - The Beginning of Renewal of the Written Torah as Oral Torah --; Chapter 3. The Partnership of Man and Woman in the Law of Moses and the Prophets --; Chapter 4. Universalism and Particularism - Openness to Foreign Cultures, and Isolation from their Influence --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Like Spinoza in his Theological-Political Treatise, Schweid helps us grasp the potential for seeing radically new messages in this oldest of books, the Bible. The American Founding Fathers realized that the Bible offers strong support for the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Socially, it offers a message of egalitarianism, especially in the provisions of the Jubilee. It is hardly an accident that two modern political movements found mottos ready at hand from the 25th chapter of Leviticus: “Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof” (engraved on the Liberty Bell), and “The land shall not be sold in perpetuity” (motto of the Jewish National Fund). Schweid helps us to appreciate the broader message of the narrative of creation and settlement of the land in its ecumenical and planetary dimensions. The world is God’s creation, and its resources are to be deployed as necessary for the sustenance and need-fulfillment of all peoples and all creatures equally—a message very much relevant to the ecological crisis facing us all at the present time
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618110480
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781618110480
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781618110480/original
ER  -