Human rights in the Old Testament / by Hayim Simha Nahmani
- Bib ID:
- 8607972
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Naḥmani, Ḥ. Ś. (Ḥayim Śimḥah)
- Description:
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- Tel Aviv : Joshua Chachik Publishing House, 1964
- 146 pages ; 24 cm
- Full contents:
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- 1. Modern aspects of human rights
- 2. Land
- Ownership of land
- Distribution of land
- Dispossession of land
- 3. Animals
- Animals considered as things
- The vegetarian trend
- The case of Cain and Abel
- 4. Persons
- Jehovah is the only God
- The duty not to kill
- The first-born
- The duty to keep the Sabbath, Sabbatical year and the Year of Jubilee
- 5. Duties to God and human rights
- Equality
- Independence
- Freedom
- 6. The written constitution of the theocracy
- What is a constitution?
- The written part of the constitution
- Comparison with certain aspects of United States Constitution
- Comparison with an aspect of the British constitution
- 7. The case of Joseph
- Historical background
- Joseph and the rule of law
- Personal qualifications
- 8. Appointment of the leader
- Appointment of the leader
- The case of Moses
- The case of Joshua
- The case of Samuel
- 9. Governmental institution in the making
- Introductory note
- The elders
- Origin of elders as a political institution in the Old Testament
- The scope of leadership before the theocracy was established
- 10. Governmental institutions in the making during the theocracy
- Moses and the elders form the civil government of the nation
- The leader
- The elders
- The Shotrim
- The rulers
- 11. Priests and leaders
- The judicial functions of the priests
- Priesthood and leadership
- A note on Samuel
- Table of governmental institutions during the theocracy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146).
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1964
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