The philosopher-king in medieval and Renaissance Jewish thought
Abraham Melamed, Lenn Evan Goodman (Editor)
"This original treatment of medieval and Renaissance Jewish thinkers expands the scope of Jewish philosophy and adds new depth to our understanding of Jewish culture of the period. While medieval Christian political philosophy was based on Aristotle's Politics, Muslim and Jewish philosophy adhered to the Platonic tradition. In this book, Abraham Melamed explores a major aspect of this tradition - the theory of the philosopher king - as it manifested itself in medieval Jewish political philosophy, tracing the theory's emergence in Jewish thought as well as its patterns of transmittal, adaptation, and absorption."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2003
State University of New York Press, Albany, ©2003
History
xvi, 271 pages ; 22 cm.
9780791455678, 9780791455685, 079145567X, 0791455688
50228236
Philosopher, king, prophet
The sources
First influences
The class system
Transmission
Adaptation
Application
Christian applications and the Machiavellian revolution
Rejection
The Hebrew versions of the philosopher King's virtues