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Winter 2019

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 34, Number 4

Categories: Winter 2019 | Hebrew Republicanism

The Hebrew Republic? Divine Authority and Self-Governance

Kyle Swan, CSU Sacramento

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise34(4),2019,19–31TheHebrewRepublic?DivineAuthorityandSelf-GovernanceKyleSwanCSUSacramento__________________________________________________________AbstractThisarticlemakesacaseforthesurprisingconclusionthattheancientIsraelitetribesandpeoples,agroupthatsawitselfasanationunderGod’sspecialcareandauthority—asakindoftheocracy—shouldbeconsideredtohavebeenalegitimatelyself-governingsociety,completewithmanyoftheinstitutionalfeaturesofrepublicanformsofgovernment.Thesefeaturesincludearecognitionofindividuallibertyandequality,theruleoflaw,protectionsofdueprocess,andaseparationofpowers.TheargumentproceedsbyidentifyingthesefeaturesinnarrativeaccountsofIsrael’shistoryintheHebrewScriptures,whichgroundGod’spoliticalauthorityinthedeviceofacovenant.__________________________________________________________I.IntroductionAnindividualwhoisself-governingisautonomous.Anindividualwhoisautonomousengagesinconscious,reflectivedeliberationoveranoptionset,reachesaconclusionaboutwhattodo,andmakesareasonableattemptatdoingit.Autonomousindividualsareselfgoverninginthesensethattheyareself-directed.Societiesandpolitiescanbeself-governing,butinalooser,moreapproximateway.Generally,asocietyshouldbeconsideredlegitimatelyself-governingifithasenoughoftheinstitutionalfeaturesofrepublicanformsofgovernment.Thesefeaturesincludearecognitionofindividuallibertyandequality,theruleoflaw,protectionsofdueprocess,andaseparationofpowers.Peopleinself-governingsocietieshavewhatsomeEarlyModernthinkerscalled“federalliberty,”orthefreedomtoactaccordingtoandwithinagreeduponorconstitutionalconstraints(Elazar1998,pp.43–44).Theestablishmentofasocietyorpolityinafoundationalagreementthatdefinescitizens’federallibertiesandresponsibilitiesissufficienttomakeitlegitimatelyself-governing.

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Title	The Hebrew Republic? Divine Authority and Self-Governance
Authors/Creators:	Kyle Swan, CSU Sacramento
Year:	2019
Volume:	34
Number:	4
Pages:	19 - 31
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	authority, Self-Governance, Hebrew Republicanism

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Swan, Kyle / 2019. "The Hebrew Republic? Divine Authority and Self-Governance." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 34(4): 19-31.