MAIMONIDES ON KINGSHIP The Ethics of Imperial Humility
In his adoption of the Maimonidean guidelines for extreme humility, the king acts as the supreme existential model for imitatio dei. Imperial governance, when filtered through the prism of Maimonidean humility, results in a regime that most closely resembles a divine one. Using those who occupy the...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2006
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-114 |
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Halakha
B Maimonides B Ethics B Mishneh Torah B Humility B King B Moses |
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