Maimonides and Jewish Theocracy

Préface
By recovering Maimonides' theocratic project, this Element proposes one way to reconcile theocracy and democracy.

Texte du rabat

Theocratic movements are on the rise. But what does it actually mean for God to rule? This Element offers one answer by recovering the theocratic project of medieval Judaism's most important thinker, Moses Maimonides.

Contenu
Preface: Theocracy and the Rule of God; Introduction: The Return of Theocracy and Maimonides' Politics Reconsidered; 1. 'God's Governance in Another Way': Delegating Divine Rule in Al-Frb; 2. 'The Philosopher, Supreme Ruler, Prince, Legislator, and Imam is but a Single Idea': Al-Frb's 'First Ruler'; 3. 'Judgement is God's': Law and Philosophy in Maimonides' Commentary on the Mishnah; 4. 'The Holy One Has in His World Only the Four Cubits of the Law': Knowledge, Providence, and Human Agency; 5. 'God Governs this World by Way of Angels': Moses in the Guide to the Perplexed; 6. 'This Law is Divine': The Torah as 'Kingly Craft'; 7. 'Love Depends on Knowing': Imitating God; 8. 'The Human Attainment Rightly Gloried in is Ruling Them as He Does': Rule of God, Rule of the Good; Coda: Democracy and the Rule of God; References.