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003			OCoLC
005			20240312210933.0
008			940726s1995 enk b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aBM613 _b.N68 1995
082	0	0	_aARCH YNDC 296.311 N935E _220
100	1		_aNovak, David, _d1941- _918741
245	1	4	_aThe election of Israel : _bthe idea of the chosen people / _cDavid Novak.
260			_aCambridge [England] ; _aNew York, NY, USA : _bCambridge University Press, _c1995.
300			_axvii, 285 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 266-277) and index.
505	0		_aSpinoza and his challenge -- Hermann Cohen's concept of election -- Franz Rosenzweig's return to the doctrine -- The retrieval of the biblical doctrine -- The rabbinic development of the doctrine -- Two medieval views of election.
520			_aIn 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.
650		0	_aJews _xElection, Doctrine of _xHistory of doctrines. _918742
650		0	_aJews _xIdentity. _913910
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