Joseph Isaac Lifshitz is a senior lecturer at the Shalem College and a fellow of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center at Tel Aviv University. He also teaches Talmud at R' Yitzchak Yechiel Yeshiva in Jerusalem. His research areas include Jewish philosophy, Talmud, Jewish law, Jewish history, and political theory. He has published widely on the law and philosophy of the Sabbath and on Jewish economic thought.
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Part I. Introduction: 1. Framing the discussion: overview of the literature 2. Methodology: identifying the relevant texts 3. Methodology: Halakha and Agada - laws, principles, and ideology 4. Overview of the book Part II. Historical Background: 5. R. Meir of Rothenburg and his teachers and students 6. The history of the Jewish people and Jewish communities in Germany and Northern France (1000-1300) 7. The development of Talmudic exegesis in Germany and Northern France (1000-1300) 8. Highlights of R. Meir's biography 9. D. R. Meir's Halakhic approach 10. Political theory in Germany and Northern France (1000-1300) Part III. Politics as Private Interest: 11. Community as partnership 12. The role of custom in monetary laws 13. Beyond partnership: the community as corporation Part IV. The Sacred Nature of the Political Sphere: 14. The common good 15. Majority-rule 16. Agency and representation 17. The theological definition of community Part V. Conclusion: 18. Politics as extra-legal activity: ambiguity in R. Meir's works 19. The theology of unity and despotism.
Part I. Introduction: 1. Framing the discussion: overview of the literature 2. Methodology: identifying the relevant texts 3. Methodology: Halakha and Agada - laws, principles, and ideology 4. Overview of the book Part II. Historical Background: 5. R. Meir of Rothenburg and his teachers and students 6. The history of the Jewish people and Jewish communities in Germany and Northern France (1000-1300) 7. The development of Talmudic exegesis in Germany and Northern France (1000-1300) 8. Highlights of R. Meir's biography 9. D. R. Meir's Halakhic approach 10. Political theory in Germany and Northern France (1000-1300) Part III. Politics as Private Interest: 11. Community as partnership 12. The role of custom in monetary laws 13. Beyond partnership: the community as corporation Part IV. The Sacred Nature of the Political Sphere: 14. The common good 15. Majority-rule 16. Agency and representation 17. The theological definition of community Part V. Conclusion: 18. Politics as extra-legal activity: ambiguity in R. Meir's works 19. The theology of unity and despotism.
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