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The Election of Israel: The Idea of the Chosen People

By David Novak

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0521416906, 9780521416900, 0521044820, 9780521044820, 9780511598166
LCC
BM613 .N68 1995
Open Library ID
OL1106723M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6907616 bytes)
Pages
304\303
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

The view of themselves as the chosen people of God has been maintained by Jews from the beginnings of their history to the present. The author explores the development of this idea in Jewish theology and law, and essays a contemporary retrieval of the classical doctrine of election. Through an examination of the philosophical implications of the idea, he argues for the correlation of election and revelation, and shows both what the notion of election should mean for Jews today, and how non-Jews can better understand it.

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