""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION: DIVINE LAW AND SECULAR POLITICS""; ""PART 1: MAIMONIDES""; ""1 THE NATURAL FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICS""; ""2 THE INSUFFICIENCY OF LAW""; ""3 THE CODE ON THE PRIORITY OF POLITICS""; ""4 CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AND MESSIANIC RESOLUTION""; ""PART 2: GERONDI""; ""5 THE KAHAL AS A POLITY""; ""6 THE AUTONOMY OF POLITICS""; ""CONCLUSION: SECULARIZING POLITICS""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""NAME INDEX""; ""GENERAL INDEX""; ""CONTRAVERSIONS jews and other differences""