Does anything in the bible or torah suggest that either government or law should be influenced by religion?"

Answer 1

There is the advice in the Talmud (commentary on the written Torah, also called the "oral Torah") to "seek not undue intimacy with the government."

There is also the Talmudic rule that "dina d'malchuta dina." meaning "the law of the land is the law" in Aramaic.

This means that the Jewish population in a given land is required by Jewish Law to observe the "law of the land" (as long as it's not in contradiction with codified Jewish Law) .

("Limitations to this are discussed in [the Talmud]: We don't have to observe the "law of the land" in the privacy of our home. And we don't have to observe it if it is patently unfair.")

I don't know if this counts, but we pray every week for the welfare of the government. It's in the Shabbat liturgy.
http://www.ou.org/yerushalayim/prayers2.htm
And this prayer for the U.S. soldiers is commonly read in U.S. Orthodox synagogues every week:
http://www.ou.org/public/statements/2001/PrayerForSoldiers.htm

In Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks' (most excellent, recently published) siddur (prayerbook), it is written specifically as a prayer for the British Royal Family.

It's one of the "seven commandments give to the sons of Noach" (i.e. everyone's responsibility) to set up a system of government, police and courts to enforce the law.

And of course, there's a lot of instructions about how to judge, how to set up courts, etc. Yitro (Moses' father-in-law) gave him much advice about setting up a heirarchical system of judges/elders. And all of Pirkei Avot (tractate of the Talmud/Mishnah and thus part of the oral Torah) can be seen as advice to judges.

I think you could the whole tractate of Sanhedrin on top of this pile, too. And Shmuel I and especially II (Samuel I and II) is a blueprint for how an acting King should behave.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Yep- The Torah requires that a King write out his own Torah and to always have it on him to remind him that while he may be the ruler of the world- he is still subject to divine justice.

Outside of a Jewish state- we are required to obey the laws of the land if they do not conflict with Jewish law. At any time that there is conflict between religious law and secular law- we are required to obey religious law. So we see great Rabbis dying at the hands of authorities throughout history: Muslim, Christian, Roman etc.

Answer 4

the torah clearly says that you should follow the laws of the land, to the extent that they do not violate basic precepts of your religion.

and of course jesus famously said to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, which is a call for the separation of church and state.

Answer 5

Government IS influenced by God - whether we like it or not.

Romans 13 (NKJV)

1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.

Answer 6

The Bible definitely does mention it.

That doesn't mean we should follow it though. I think history (both past and recent) has proved that we do not need Priests or Preachers running the show.

Let us run our government and they can run their churches - so long as they don't cause any mischief.

Answer 7

it used the military and royalty to do dirty work

a deluded prophet was to blame for a king's choice to send a military into war and murder

Answer 8

I don't think political philosophy was mentioned in the Bible or Torah...

These religions came about during a time where the only concept of politics was might is right... Whoever was in charge did as they pleased (Emperors, Pharaohs, Kings etc.). Everyone else either obeyed or rebelled (usually not successfully)...

Answer 9

Depends on the type of government. People should be influenced by religion. If you then have a democratic governmnet, then naturally if the people are influenced by religion then the government will be also.

Answer 10

To be sure. We are told to pray for the prosperity of the king. We are told to work and pray for righteousness. (and only the Almighty is righteous)