Construct ways of appreciating the beliefs and practices of Judaism on authority

and nation building (e.g. law, community, etc)

Despite numerous attempts to interpret Judaism methodically, it is more than an

abstract intellectual framework. While not necessarily insisting on metaphysical
speculation about the divine, it does embrace divine sovereignty as manifested in
creation (nature) and history. It emphasizes that the divine has confronted the
community as a person with whom the community and its members have established a
connection rather than as an abstraction. It is a human action plan that has its roots in
this intimate confrontation, as the concept of Torah suggests. Furthermore, it is believed
that all of humanity can learn from how this specific group responded to its encounter
with God. The community is expected to demonstrate its fidelity to God and the
covenant by acting in unison throughout every element of its corporate existence, from
the most public to the most private. As a result, even Jewish worship is a collective
celebration of encounters with God in nature and history. However, it is not believed that
the unique presence of the covenant people contradicts human unity but rather
strengthens it. This people, together with the rest of humanity, are obligated to establish
political, economic, and social structures that uphold divine authority. This task is
undertaken in the conviction that these desired human relationships have their source
and their aim in God, who guarantees their actualization, rather than that humans will
succeed in these endeavors merely via their own efforts. Each Jew in the community is
expected to embody the covenant in their own intentions and actions.