A vigilant society Jewish thought and the state in medieval Spain /

Roiz, Javier.

A vigilant society Jewish thought and the state in medieval Spain / [electronic resource] : Javier Roiz ; translated by Selma L. Margaretten. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2013. - xv, 310 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Knowledge and power -- Moses Maimonides and the politics of dialectics -- The Gothic world comes to the south -- Kabbalah and political power -- The Zohar -- Toward a vigilant society -- Conclusions.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781438445649 (electronic bk.)




Judaism and politics--History.
Political science--History.


Electronic books.

BM645.P64 / R6513 2013

296.3/82