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The Three Crowns: Structures of Communal Politics in Early Rabbinic Jewry

The Three Crowns: Structures of Communal Politics in Early Rabbinic Jewry

Stuart A. Cohen
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The Jewish national revival of our times has stimulated scholarly interest in the historical origins and manifestations of Jewry's distinctive traditions of constitutional thought and political action. This study is a contribution to that enquiry. Focusing on the structures of communal rule forged during the first five centuries of the common era, the book presents an analysis of the processes whereby the rabbis and their disciples replaced both priests and civic rulers as foci of political royalty and instruments of domestic government throughout the Jewish world. Cohen argues that much of Jewish political history during the age of the Mishnah and Talmud can be read as a record of the attempt to reinterpret the ancient concept of the three crowns and adapt it to rabbinic purposes.
Language
English
Pages
308
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
February 23, 1990
ISBN
0521372909
ISBN 13
9780521372909

The Three Crowns: Structures of Communal Politics in Early Rabbinic Jewry

Stuart A. Cohen
3.5/5 ( ratings)
The Jewish national revival of our times has stimulated scholarly interest in the historical origins and manifestations of Jewry's distinctive traditions of constitutional thought and political action. This study is a contribution to that enquiry. Focusing on the structures of communal rule forged during the first five centuries of the common era, the book presents an analysis of the processes whereby the rabbis and their disciples replaced both priests and civic rulers as foci of political royalty and instruments of domestic government throughout the Jewish world. Cohen argues that much of Jewish political history during the age of the Mishnah and Talmud can be read as a record of the attempt to reinterpret the ancient concept of the three crowns and adapt it to rabbinic purposes.
Language
English
Pages
308
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
February 23, 1990
ISBN
0521372909
ISBN 13
9780521372909

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