The Election of Israel: The Idea of the Chosen People

David Novak (University of Virginia)

The Election of Israel: The Idea of the Chosen People
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
4 May 1995
Pages
304
ISBN
9780521416900

The Election of Israel: The Idea of the Chosen People

David Novak (University of Virginia)

The view of themselves as the chosen people of God has been maintained by Jews from the beginnings of their history to the present. The author explores the development of this idea in Jewish theology and law, and essays a contemporary retrieval of the classical doctrine of election. Through an examination of the philosophical implications of the idea, he argues for the correlation of election and revelation, and shows both what the notion of election should mean for Jews today, and how non-Jews can better understand it.

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