Anne Oravetz Albert is the Klatt Family Director for Public Programs at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Introduction1. Community: The Constitution of the Kahal Kadosh2. Commonwealth: A New Notion of the Jewish Republic3. Civitas: Consolidation and Strife in the Sabbatian Era4. Covenant: Social Contract and Constitution in the Cross-Hairs5. Rabbis: Excommunication and Political Authority6. Politics: Exile and the Jewish Reason of State7. History: Narratives of Jewish Democracy and MonarchyConclusionBibliographyIndex

‘Albert draws on a wide variety of Jewish and non-Jewish religious and philosophical sources. Maimonides, Machiavelli, Justus Lipsius, Locke and Dutch republicans such as the de la Court brothers all make cameo appearances. She thereby provides us with a rich, original and illuminating perspective on this fascinating and consequential moment in Jewish history, which she justifiably regards as a ‘watershed’ moment in European political thought.’ Steven Nadler, Literary Review

Anne Oravetz Albert is the Klatt Family Director for Public Programs at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Introduction1. Community: The Constitution of the Kahal Kadosh2. Commonwealth: A New Notion of the Jewish Republic3. Civitas: Consolidation and Strife in the Sabbatian Era4. Covenant: Social Contract and Constitution in the Cross-Hairs5. Rabbis: Excommunication and Political Authority6. Politics: Exile and the Jewish Reason of State7. History: Narratives of Jewish Democracy and MonarchyConclusionBibliographyIndex

‘Albert draws on a wide variety of Jewish and non-Jewish religious and philosophical sources. Maimonides, Machiavelli, Justus Lipsius, Locke and Dutch republicans such as the de la Court brothers all make cameo appearances. She thereby provides us with a rich, original and illuminating perspective on this fascinating and consequential moment in Jewish history, which she justifiably regards as a ‘watershed’ moment in European political thought.’ Steven Nadler, Literary Review

Anne Oravetz Albert is the Klatt Family Director for Public Programs at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Introduction1. Community: The Constitution of the Kahal Kadosh2. Commonwealth: A New Notion of the Jewish Republic3. Civitas: Consolidation and Strife in the Sabbatian Era4. Covenant: Social Contract and Constitution in the Cross-Hairs5. Rabbis: Excommunication and Political Authority6. Politics: Exile and the Jewish Reason of State7. History: Narratives of Jewish Democracy and MonarchyConclusionBibliographyIndex

‘Albert draws on a wide variety of Jewish and non-Jewish religious and philosophical sources. Maimonides, Machiavelli, Justus Lipsius, Locke and Dutch republicans such as the de la Court brothers all make cameo appearances. She thereby provides us with a rich, original and illuminating perspective on this fascinating and consequential moment in Jewish history, which she justifiably regards as a ‘watershed’ moment in European political thought.’ Steven Nadler, Literary Review