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

How can one Jewish thinker's natural law theory explain morality, divine commandments, and human ordinances; and how do we assess the consistency of that theory

Natural law is the idea that our basic moral principles apply to every human being, and are accessible to human reason. Most people have assumed that since Juda

Why should anyone be a Zionist, a supporter of a Jewish state in the land of Israel? Why should there be a Jewish state in the land of Israel? This book seeks t

This edited volume examines the ways in which theological considerations have figured in natural law theorizing, from Plato to Spinoza. Theological consideratio