Alan L. Mittleman is Associate Professor of Religion at Muhlenberg College. He is the author of The Politics of Torah: German-Jewish Orthodoxy and the Founding of Agudat Israel (1996) and Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer's Philosophy of Judaism (1990).

Raises a vital issue in an impartial manner and is sure to advance the ongoing debate on the Jewish political tradition.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Paradigm Lost: The Decline of the Jews As a PolityChapter 3 The Recovery of Covenant: The Politicization of Jewish OriginsChapter 4 Covenant and Tradition: The Dynamics of ConsentChapter 5 The Emergence of the PolityChapter 6 Persons and RightsChapter 7 The Dilemma of Modern Judaism As a Problem of Political ObligationChapter 8 Individuals and the Common GoodChapter 9 the Constitution of a Jewish State: The Thought of R. Shimon FederbushChapter 10 Afterword

Alan L. Mittleman is Associate Professor of Religion at Muhlenberg College. He is the author of The Politics of Torah: German-Jewish Orthodoxy and the Founding of Agudat Israel (1996) and Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer's Philosophy of Judaism (1990).

Raises a vital issue in an impartial manner and is sure to advance the ongoing debate on the Jewish political tradition.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Paradigm Lost: The Decline of the Jews As a PolityChapter 3 The Recovery of Covenant: The Politicization of Jewish OriginsChapter 4 Covenant and Tradition: The Dynamics of ConsentChapter 5 The Emergence of the PolityChapter 6 Persons and RightsChapter 7 The Dilemma of Modern Judaism As a Problem of Political ObligationChapter 8 Individuals and the Common GoodChapter 9 the Constitution of a Jewish State: The Thought of R. Shimon FederbushChapter 10 Afterword

Alan L. Mittleman is Associate Professor of Religion at Muhlenberg College. He is the author of The Politics of Torah: German-Jewish Orthodoxy and the Founding of Agudat Israel (1996) and Between Kant and Kabbalah: An Introduction to Isaac Breuer's Philosophy of Judaism (1990).

Raises a vital issue in an impartial manner and is sure to advance the ongoing debate on the Jewish political tradition.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Paradigm Lost: The Decline of the Jews As a PolityChapter 3 The Recovery of Covenant: The Politicization of Jewish OriginsChapter 4 Covenant and Tradition: The Dynamics of ConsentChapter 5 The Emergence of the PolityChapter 6 Persons and RightsChapter 7 The Dilemma of Modern Judaism As a Problem of Political ObligationChapter 8 Individuals and the Common GoodChapter 9 the Constitution of a Jewish State: The Thought of R. Shimon FederbushChapter 10 Afterword