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Covenantal Rights
A Study in Jewish Political Theory
David Novak

Co-winner of the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Constructive-Reflective Studies category

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Covenantal Rights is a groundbreaking work of political theory: a comprehensive, philosophically sophisticated attempt to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into current political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse more fully into Jewish thought. David Novak pursues these aims by presenting a theory of rights founded on the covenant between God and the Jewish people as that covenant is constituted by Scripture and the rabbinic tradition. In doing so, he presents a powerful challenge to prevailing liberal and conservative positions on rights and duties and opens a new chapter in contemporary Jewish political thinking.

Paper | $21.95 / £14.95 | ISBN: 978-0-691-14437-5
Cloth | $55.00 / £37.95 | ISBN: 978-0-691-02680-0
e-Book | $21.95 | ISBN: 978-1-4008-2352-9