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082			_a296.382 JUD 2nd ed.
100			_a"Konvitz, Milton R. (ed.)"
245		0	_aJudaism and human rights / edited by Milton R .Konvitz
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aLondon
260			_bTransaction
260			_c2001
300			_a427p.
365			_dUSD
520			_aAreligion or a culture like Judaism, at least three thousand years old, cannot be expected to be all of one piece, homogeneous, self-contained, consistent, a neatly constructed system of ideas. If Judaism were that, it would have died centuries ago and would be a subject of interest only to the historian and archaeologist. Judaism has been a living force precisely because it is a teeming, thundering, and clamoring phenomenon, full of contrary tendencies and inconsistencies. Although there are no words or phrases in Hebrew Scriptures for "human rights," "conscience," or "due process of law," the ideals and values which these concepts represent were inherent in the earliest Jewish texts.This volume begins with four essays on the concept of man's being born "free and equal," in the image of God.
650			_aJudaism
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