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The Throne of David (Letter to the Editor)

By David Novak

Release : 2010-08-01

Genre : Religion & Spirituality, Books

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I agree with Michael Wyschogrod ("A King in Israel," May 2010) when he speaks of Israel as a "Jewish state" that "has not succeeded in defining just what that means." And I agree with him when he insists that any state, no matter how otherwise secular, requires a "founding constitution" whose power comes from "a higher form of sovereignty," and that for Judaism that sovereignty is God's, as revealed in the Torah. But I very much disagree with him that the way to bring about this political clarification for the state of Israel is to reestablish the monarchy, even if only by proxy, as he suggests. Monarchy is not nearly as important to Judaism as Wyschogrod thinks. In fact, the main biblical discussion of monarchy, in the books of Kings, generally regards it to be a disaster. That is probably why the hope for the restoration of the Davidic monarchy becomes the hope for an apocalyptic Messiah whose supernatural rule will make an ordinary polity unnecessary (see Isa. 9:5-6). The Jewish state of Israel is a political necessity for the Jewish people, since having a state of our own best enables us to fulfill the divine commandment to settle the land of Israel (Num. 33:53).

The Throne of David (Letter to the Editor)

By David Novak

Release : 2010-08-01

Genre : Religion & Spirituality, Books

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
I agree with Michael Wyschogrod ("A King in Israel," May 2010) when he speaks of Israel as a "Jewish state" that "has not succeeded in defining just what that means." And I agree with him when he insists that any state, no matter how otherwise secular, requires a "founding constitution" whose power comes from "a higher form of sovereignty," and that for Judaism that sovereignty is God's, as revealed in the Torah. But I very much disagree with him that the way to bring about this political clarification for the state of Israel is to reestablish the monarchy, even if only by proxy, as he suggests. Monarchy is not nearly as important to Judaism as Wyschogrod thinks. In fact, the main biblical discussion of monarchy, in the books of Kings, generally regards it to be a disaster. That is probably why the hope for the restoration of the Davidic monarchy becomes the hope for an apocalyptic Messiah whose supernatural rule will make an ordinary polity unnecessary (see Isa. 9:5-6). The Jewish state of Israel is a political necessity for the Jewish people, since having a state of our own best enables us to fulfill the divine commandment to settle the land of Israel (Num. 33:53).

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