Hebrew republic
Introduction Petrus Cunaeus. ''La republique des Hebreux'', Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1705.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.In 1582, Carlo Sigonio published a text entitled ''De Republica Hebraeorum''. It used the format of the ''De repubblica Athenensium'' manual. 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.Among the most notable works in the genre are “''De Republica Hebraeorum''” by Petrus Cunaeus    and Eric Nelson's "The Hebrew Republic". A Catholic contributor to the ''respublica Hebraeorum'' genre was the Jesuit Giovanni Stefano Menochio, who published his own ''De republica Hebraeorum'' in 1648.
References
Further reading * * Lea Campos Boralevi, ''Classical Foundational Myths of European Republicanism: The Jewish Commonwealth'', in Martin van Gelderen and Quentin Skinner, ''Republicanism: A Shared European Heritage'', Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 258. *