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The election of Israel : the idea of the chosen people by Novak, David, 1941- is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is The election of Israel : the idea of the chosen people about?
The view of themselves as the chosen people of God has been maintained by Jews from the beginnings of their history to the present. The author explores the development of this idea in Jewish theology and law, and essays a contemporary retrieval of the classical doctrine of election. Through an examination of the philosophical implications of the idea, he argues for the correlation of election and revelation, and shows both what the notion of election should mean for Jews today, and how non-Jews
Who reads The election of Israel : the idea of the chosen people?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Novak, David, 1941-
- Publisher
- Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521416900
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Religion, Judaism, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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