Abstract
The order of polity and economy that is set forth in Israel as recounted in the Hebrew Bible can be described and analyzed in clear and careful terms even by those who are not believers. It is the position of believers in the Hebrew Bible, whether Jews or Christians, that more than passing principles are to be found there. Thomas Aquinas, in his own reflections on the Old Law, as Hebrew revelation came to be known among Christians, found in many aspects of the Old Law a particularly direct and fruitful guide to resolving certain basic but perplexing problems with regard to property and polity, such as the legitimacy of private property and the nature of the mixed regime. This fruitfulness of revelation to reason is a remarkable source of reflection on both economics and politics.
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