Created equal how the Bible broke with ancient political thought
In this work, Joshua Berman engages the text of the Hebrew Bible from a novel perspective, as a document of social and political thought. He proposes that the Pentateuch can be read as the earliest prescription on record for the establishment of an egalitarian polity
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008, c2008
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In this work, Joshua Berman engages the text of the Hebrew Bible from a novel perspective, as a document of social and political thought. He proposes that the Pentateuch can be read as the earliest prescription on record for the establishment of an egalitarian polity |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 249 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199871438 0199871434 |