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100 1 _aNelson, Eric
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245 1 4 _aThe Hebrew republic :
_bJewish sources and the transformation of European political thought /
260 _aUSA :
_bHarvard University Press ,
_c2010 .
300 _a229 pages
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 _a"According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, political thought in early-modern Europe became less, not more, secular with time, and it was the Christian encounter with Hebrew sources that provoked this radical transformation."--Jacket.
650 0 _xPolitics and government
_yTo 70 A.D.
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650 0 _aJudaism and politics
_xHistory of doctrines
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650 0 _aPolitics in rabbinical literature
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650 0 _aPolitical science
_zEurope
_xHistory
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650 7 _aCivilization
_xJewish influences
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650 7 _xpolitical philosophy
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