David Novak: Natural Law and Revealed Torah

Download or read book David Novak: Natural Law and Revealed Torah written by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features the thought and writings of Rabbi David Novak, the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies, Professor of the Study of Religion, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Novak is a leading Jewish theologian, ethicist, and scholar of Jewish philosophy and law. Natural Law and Revealed Torah presents the work of Novak, a thinker interested in the intersection of traditional Judaism and the modern world, especially how religious Jews can simultaneously exist within the liberal and democratic nation state yet remain separate from its tradition of secularism.