Hebrew republic

The Hebrew Republic, also “De Republica Hebraeorum”, and also “Respublica Hebraeorum”, is an early modern concept in political theory in which Christian scholars regarded the Hebrew Bible as a political constitution framing a perfect and republican government designed by God for the children of Israel.

[1][2][3] In 1582, Carlo Sigonio published a text entitled De Republica Hebraeorum.

The question of the political structure in ancient Israel had already been addressed before, but Sigonio was the first to adopt a systematic approach.

However, he did not know Hebrew and so used the translation of the Septuagint, giving rise to not a few problems.

[4] Among the most notable works in the genre are “De Republica Hebraeorum” by Petrus Cunaeus [5][6] and Eric Nelson's "The Hebrew Republic".