Suzanne Last Stone
Biographic Data
| ID | 711108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suzanne Last Stone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suzanne Last |
| FAMILY NAME | Stone |
| SIGNATURE | STONE S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yeshiva University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Law As Religion, Religion As Law
A Thing Imaginary
Nation-Building and Curriculum Innovation in Israel
The Jewish Law of War
This chapter analyzes three strands in contemporary Jewish thinking on war: The collectivists view Israel as a collective entity entitled to wage war and not merely a bundle of individuals bound by normative halakhic obligations, such as the saving of lives when self-defense is not at issue. The diasporists treats the nation-state, and its institutions and policies, whether a host-state or the state of Israel, as external conditions or circumstan…
Law Without Nation? The Ongoing Jewish Discussion
This chapter offers a conceptual history of Halakha, the elaborate body of Jewish law adumbrated in the wake of the destruction of the Second Temple. In contrast to the usual depiction of halakha today as comprehensive, self-sufficient, and unified—aspiring to create a total, sacred society—it provides an alternative picture of halakha as the coexistence of universal and particular legal systems within a complex legal order. These systems are con…
Truth and Illusion
T H E JE W I S H Q UA R T E R LY R E V I E W, Vol. 94, No. 1 (Winter 2004) 19–22 Truth and Illusion SUZANNE LAST STONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO I was invited to comment on various rabbinic texts about true and false prophecy. One text, in particular, resisted quick interpretation. The text, bSanhedrin 89a, begins: ‘‘Rabbi Isaac said: The same communication [signon, from the Latin signum, meaning watchword] occurs to several prophets, yet no two prophets…
A Jewish perspective on human rights
Tolerance versus pluralism in Judaism
This paper outlines three features of the Jewish classical tradition that contribute toward pluralism. First, the limitation of the Jewish religion to one nation is accompanied by a positive valuation of the role of other collectivities in the divine plan. Judaism recognizes that certain of its core values are shared by other political or religious entities, although realized in a variety of diverse ways. This recognition allows for legal and soc…
Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society
The idea of civil society has long been central to the Western liberal-democratic tradition, where it has been seen as a crucial site for the development and pursuit of basic liberal values such as individual freedom, social pluralism, and democratic citizenship. This book considers how a host of other ethical traditions define civil society. Unlike most studies of the subject, which focus on a particular region or tradition, it considers a range…
In Pursuit of the Counter-Text
Beginning with Professor Robert Cover's Nomos and Narrative, contemporary American legal scholars have increasingly turned, implicitly or more directly, to the Jewish legal tradition as an example of a legal system in which law is defined not by reference to the authority and power of the State, but rather by the commitment of a legal community to voluntarily-accepted legal obligations. These scholars depict the Jewish legal system as having succ…
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In Pursuit of the Counter-Text
Beginning with Professor Robert Cover's Nomos and Narrative, contemporary American legal scholars have increasingly turned, implicitly or more directly, to the Jewish legal tradition as an example of a legal system in which law is defined not by reference to the authority and power of the State, but rather by the commitment of a legal community to voluntarily-accepted legal obligations. These scholars depict the Jewish legal system as having succ…
Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society
The idea of civil society has long been central to the Western liberal-democratic tradition, where it has been seen as a crucial site for the development and pursuit of basic liberal values such as individual freedom, social pluralism, and democratic citizenship. This book considers how a host of other ethical traditions define civil society. Unlike most studies of the subject, which focus on a particular region or tradition, it considers a range…
Tolerance versus pluralism in Judaism
This paper outlines three features of the Jewish classical tradition that contribute toward pluralism. First, the limitation of the Jewish religion to one nation is accompanied by a positive valuation of the role of other collectivities in the divine plan. Judaism recognizes that certain of its core values are shared by other political or religious entities, although realized in a variety of diverse ways. This recognition allows for legal and soc…
Truth and Illusion
T H E JE W I S H Q UA R T E R LY R E V I E W, Vol. 94, No. 1 (Winter 2004) 19–22 Truth and Illusion SUZANNE LAST STONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO I was invited to comment on various rabbinic texts about true and false prophecy. One text, in particular, resisted quick interpretation. The text, bSanhedrin 89a, begins: ‘‘Rabbi Isaac said: The same communication [signon, from the Latin signum, meaning watchword] occurs to several prophets, yet no two prophets…
A Jewish perspective on human rights
Law Without Nation? The Ongoing Jewish Discussion
This chapter offers a conceptual history of Halakha, the elaborate body of Jewish law adumbrated in the wake of the destruction of the Second Temple. In contrast to the usual depiction of halakha today as comprehensive, self-sufficient, and unified—aspiring to create a total, sacred society—it provides an alternative picture of halakha as the coexistence of universal and particular legal systems within a complex legal order. These systems are con…
The Jewish Law of War
This chapter analyzes three strands in contemporary Jewish thinking on war: The collectivists view Israel as a collective entity entitled to wage war and not merely a bundle of individuals bound by normative halakhic obligations, such as the saving of lives when self-defense is not at issue. The diasporists treats the nation-state, and its institutions and policies, whether a host-state or the state of Israel, as external conditions or circumstan…
Nation-Building and Curriculum Innovation in Israel
Law As Religion, Religion As Law
A Thing Imaginary
Law (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Judaism (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works) · Theology (4 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works)