The invention of Jewish theocracy the struggle for legal authority in modern Israel

'The Invention of Jewish Theocracy' explains why the idea of halakhic state - a demand that Israel should be governed by the law of the Torah - emerged, what happened after it initially failed to take hold, and how it has regained popularity in recent decades, provoking a schism between se...

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Main Author: Kaye, Alexander
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2020, 2020
Series:Oxford scholarship online / Oxford scholarship online
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