Spinoza's Election of the Jews
The Problem of Jewish Persistence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2745534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jay Geller (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-63 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jewish Social Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-6704 • E-ISSN: 1527-2028 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jss.2006.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W4245122789, W2037987199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
M y title plays on that of the third chapter of Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, Of the Election of the Jews.... In that chapter Spinoza argues that the claim that the Jews are God's chosen people is no longer valid. Further, their former elected status was not a consequence of any qualities or religious beliefs particular to them but was the result of their past political good fortune. The fall of theJewish state marked the end of their chosenness
Archaeology · Judaism · Persistence (discontinuity · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Theology · Engineering · History · Law · Mathematics · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2019 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |