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9780791455685

The Philosopher-King in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish Political Thought

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791455685

  • ISBN10:

    0791455688

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-11-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Summary

This original treatment of medieval and Renaissance Jewish thinkers expands the scope of Jewish philosophy and adds new depth to our understanding of Jewish culture of the period. While medieval Christian political philosophy was based on Aristotle's Politics, Muslim and Jewish philosophy adhered to the Platonic tradition. In this book, Abraham Melamed explores a major aspect of this tradition -- the theory of the philosopherking -- as it manifested itself in medieval Jewish political philosophy, tracing the theory's emergence in Jewish thought as well as its patterns of transmittal, adaptation, and absorption.

Author Biography

Abraham Melamed is Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the University of Haifa.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface xi
Philosopher, King, Prophet
1(12)
The Sources
13(10)
First Influences
23(38)
The Class System
61(14)
Transmission
75(18)
Adaptation
93(18)
Application
111(30)
Christian Applications and the Machiavellian Revolution
141(26)
Rejection
167(18)
Afterword 185(4)
Appendix: The Hebrew Versions of the Philosopher King's Virtures 189(10)
Notes 199(48)
Bibliography 247(18)
Index 265

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