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The Pillars of Community and the Foundations of Jewish Public Administration

The Pillars of Community and the Foundations of Jewish Public Administration

Casamatta, Joseph M.

Paperback

Series: The Genesis of Public Administration

JudaismAncient History GeneralIsrael & Palestine History

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ISBN13: 9798194658008
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 24 2026
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The Pillars of Community and the Foundations of Jewish Public Administration traces the deep architecture of governance that sustained Jewish life across centuries of exile, autonomy, and reinvention. Casamatta argues that Jewish communities built enduring administrative systems long before the modern bureaucratic state took shape, grounding public order in sacred law, communal obligation, and the shared work of self-governance. Moving from the councils of antiquity through the diaspora structures of medieval Europe and beyond, the book demonstrates how legal tradition and communal institutions functioned together as instruments of survival, continuity, and moral purpose. Halakhic authority, the kahal, communal courts, and the taxing and welfare mechanisms of dispersed populations emerge here not as historical curiosities but as sophisticated frameworks of administration worthy of serious study.

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