Understanding the Evolving Meaning of Reason in David Novak's Natural Law Theory

Contents
Introduction
	1 David Novak’s Two Accounts of Natural Law
	2 The Significance of Natural Law to Novak’s Thought
	3 The Purpose of this Text
	4 Previous Scholarship
1. The Changing Content of Natural Law
	1 Introduction
	2 A Chronology of Novak’s Natural Law Theory
		2.1 Law and Theology in Judaism
		2.2 The Image of the Non-Jew in Judaism
		2.3 Halakhah in a Theological Dimension
		2.4 “Natural Law and Normative Judaism”
		2.5 “The Commandments: Divine Will or Divine Wisdom”
		2.6 “Natural Law, Halakhah, and the Covenant”
		2.7 Jewish Social Ethics
		2.8 Review of Menachem Elon’s “Jewish Law”
		2.9 “Religious Communities, Secular Society, and Sexuality”
		2.10 Natural Law in Judaism
		2.11 Talking with Christians
		2.12 “The Universality of Jewish Ethics: A Rejoinder to Secularist Critics”
		2.13 The Sanctity of Human Life
		2.14 Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue
		2.15 Zionism and Judaism: A New Theory and Jewish Justice: The Contested Limits of Nature, Law, and Covenant
		2.16 “Does Natural Law Need Theology?”
	3 Analysis
	4 Conclusion
2. The Context of Novak’s Natural Law Theory
	1 Introduction
	2 The Philosophical Impact
		2.1 Is Natural Law a Legal or Theological Concept?
		2.2 Is Natural Law Autonomous or Heteronomous?
		2.3 Is There any Content to the Natural Law?
		2.4 Is the Noahide Code Aufgehoben by the Mosaic Law?
	3 Conclusion
3. The Theological Impact of a Changing Natural Law Theory
	1 Introduction
	2 The Significance of Redemption for Novak
	3 The Context for this Analysis
	4 A Chronology of Novak’s Treatment of Redemption
		4.1 Halakhah in a Theological Dimension and “The Role of Dogma in Judaism”
		4.2 Jewish-Christian Dialogue
		4.3 Jewish Social Ethics
		4.4 The Election of Israel
		4.5 Natural Law in Judaism
		4.6 Covenantal Rights
		4.7 Talking with Christians
		4.8 Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue
		4.9 “Does Natural Law Need Theology?”
	5 Analysis
	6 Can a Passive Messianist be a Natural Law Theorist?
	7 Considering Leora Batnitzky’s Question
	8 Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
	Novak’s Works
		Books
		Articles
		Book Reviews
	Works on Novak
		Books
		Articles
		Book Reviews
		Conference Papers
	General Sources
		Books
		Articles
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