The Jewish Polity

The Jewish Polity
Author: Daniel Judah Elazar
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1985
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780253331564

Covenant and Polity in Biblical Israel

Covenant and Polity in Biblical Israel
Author: Daniel Elazar
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2018-10-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351313142

In this first volume of a trilogy, Daniel J. Elazar addresses political uses of the idea of covenant, the tradition that has adhered to that idea, and the political arrangements that flow from it, Among the topics covered are covenant as a political concept, the Bible as a political commentary, the post-biblical tradition, medieval covenant theory, and Jewish political culture.

The Jewish Encyclopedia

The Jewish Encyclopedia
Author: Isidore Singer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 726
Release: 1901
Genre: Jews
ISBN:

V.I:Aach-Apocalyptic lit.--V.2: Apocrypha-Benash--V.3:Bencemero-Chazanuth--V.4:Chazars-Dreyfus--V.5: Dreyfus-Brisac-Goat--V.6: God-Istria--V.7:Italy-Leon--V.8:Leon-Moravia--V.9:Morawczyk-Philippson--V.10:Philippson-Samoscz--V.11:Samson-Talmid--V.12: Talmud-Zweifel.

Ancient Judaism

Ancient Judaism
Author: Max Weber
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 143911918X

Weber’s classic study which deals specifically with: Types of Asceticism and the Significance of Ancient Judaism, History and Social Organization of Ancient Palestine, Political Organization and Religious Ideas in the Time of the Confederacy and the Early Kings, Political Decline, Religious Conflict and Biblical Prophecy.

The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age

The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age
Author: William David Davies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 766
Release: 1984
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780521219297

Vol. 4 covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. Focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections.