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JUDAISM AND NATURAL LAW
Author(s) -
JACOBS JONATHAN
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2008.00429.x
Subject(s) - judaism , natural (archaeology) , natural law , relevance (law) , relation (database) , natural order , law , period (music) , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , political science , comparative law , aesthetics , history , philosophy of law , theology , archaeology , database , computer science
The question of the relation between Judaism and natural law is important both for scholars and for reflective persons with an interest in the grounds of Jewish moral thought. There is a rich history of natural law theorizing that has had considerable influence, and there has been a revival of natural law theorizing in the contemporary period. The topic of the present discussion is of more than historical interest; it is a live question of real, current relevance.