“The Histories and Successes of the Hebrews": The Demise of the Biblical Polity in Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise’”

Yaffe, Martin D. “The Histories and Successes of the Hebrews": The Demise of the Biblical Polity in Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise’.” Jewish Political Studies Review 7 (1995): 57–75.

Abstract:

“This essay examines Spinoza’s account of political history of the Israelites (in chapter Seventeen of the Theologico-Political Treatise) in light of the standards which, he maintains, govern the writing of histories in general.”

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“The Histories and Successes of the Hebrews”: The Demise of the Biblical Polity in Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise’”