{"product_id":"maimonides-and-jewish-theocracy-the-human-hand-of-divine-rule-hardback-9781009468114","title":"Maimonides and Jewish Theocracy; The Human Hand of Divine Rule (Hardback) 9781009468114","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaimonides and Jewish Theocracy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Human Hand of Divine Rule\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy recovering Maimonides' theocratic project, this Element proposes one way to reconcile theocracy and democracy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles H. T. Lesch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009468114, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e78 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 1 cm, 0.26 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTheocratic 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. Theocracy is often thought to quash human agency, evoking an overpowering deity and clerical domination. Yet by reconsidering Maimonides' debt to the Islamic philosopher al-Fārābī, and challenging Leo Strauss' influential reading, the author argues that among Maimonides' aims was to elevate humanity's role in divine rule. In its highest form reason is identical with revelation, action with providence. God's governance is delegated: theocracy requires human agency-the imitation of God. Maimonides focuses on philosophical-religious leaders. But he also broadens imitatio dei to anyone whose knowledge of God inspires love of God: by emulating God's goodness, we can become agents of divine rule. In this way, Maimonides' ideas suggest ways by which theocracy and democracy might, counter-intuitively, be reconciled. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface: Theocracy and the Rule of God\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Return of Theocracy and Maimonides' Politics Reconsidered\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'God's Governance in Another Way': Delegating Divine Rule in Al-Fārābī\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'The Philosopher, Supreme Ruler, Prince, Legislator, and Imam is but a Single Idea': Al-Fārābī's 'First Ruler'\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Judgement is God's': Law and Philosophy in Maimonides' Commentary on the Mishnah\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'The Holy One Has in His World Only the Four Cubits of the Law': Knowledge, Providence, and Human Agency\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'God Governs this World by Way of Angels': Moses in the Guide to the Perplexed\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'This Law is Divine': The Torah as 'Kingly Craft'\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'Love Depends on Knowing': Imitating God\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'The Human Attainment Rightly Gloried in is Ruling Them as He Does': Rule of God, Rule of the Good\u003cbr\u003e Coda: Democracy and the Rule of God\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414076879128,"sku":"9781009468114","price":49.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009468114i.jpg?v=1784336833","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/maimonides-and-jewish-theocracy-the-human-hand-of-divine-rule-hardback-9781009468114","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}