Contents -- Table of Contents for Volumes I-IV -- Foreword. David Hartman -- Preface and Acknowledgments. Michael Walzer -- Introduction: The Jewish Political Tradition. Michael Walzer -- The Selection, Translation, and Presentation of the Texts. Menachem Lorberbaum and Noam J. Zohar -- Law, Story, and Interpretation: Reading Rabbinic Texts. Michael Fishbank -- List of Abbreviations -- Volume I. Authority -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Covenant: God's Law and the People's Consent -- Chapter 2. Revelation: Torah and Reason -- Chapter 3. Kings -- Chapter 4. Priests -- Chapter 5. Prophets -- Chapter 6. Rabbis and Sages -- Chapter 7. Controversy and Dissent -- Chapter 8. The Good Men of the Town -- Chapter 9. The Gentile State -- Chapter 10. The State of Israel -- Glossary of Names -- Glossary of Terms -- List of Commentators -- Index of Biblical and Rabbinic Sources -- Index of Names -- General Index.