The Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture

Name: The Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture
Author: Eliezer Schweid, Leonard Levin

Philosophy of Biblical Law

Eliezer Schweid, Leonard Levin

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The Philosophy of the Bible as Foundation of Jewish Culture

Philosophy of Biblical Law

Eliezer Schweid, Leonard Levin

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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.

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Publisher

Academic Studies Press

Year

2009

ISBN

9781618110480

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

Biblical Studies