The Election of Israel The idea of the chosen people
Novak, David 1941 -
The Election of Israel The idea of the chosen people David Novak - Great Britain Cambridge University Press 1995 - 285tr. Hardcover 23cm
In this book, David Novak conducts a historical, philosophical, and theological reflection on the central Jewish doctrine of Israel's election by God, also known as the idea of the chosen people. Historically, he analyzes the great change in modern Jewish thought brought about by Spinoza's inversion of the doctrine: that it was not God, who elected Israel, but Israel who elected God.
0521416906
Judaism -- History of doctrines
Israel -- History
Jews -- Election, Doctrine of
296.311 / D249-N94
The Election of Israel The idea of the chosen people David Novak - Great Britain Cambridge University Press 1995 - 285tr. Hardcover 23cm
In this book, David Novak conducts a historical, philosophical, and theological reflection on the central Jewish doctrine of Israel's election by God, also known as the idea of the chosen people. Historically, he analyzes the great change in modern Jewish thought brought about by Spinoza's inversion of the doctrine: that it was not God, who elected Israel, but Israel who elected God.
0521416906
Judaism -- History of doctrines
Israel -- History
Jews -- Election, Doctrine of
296.311 / D249-N94