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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823496803321

Autore

Berman Joshua

Titolo

Created equal [[electronic resource] ] : how the Bible broke with ancient political thought / / Joshua A. Berman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-970550-X

0-19-983240-4

9786613039880

1-283-03988-5

0-19-987143-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 249 p. : ill

Disciplina

221.8/32

Soggetti

Equality - Biblical teaching

Jews - Politics and government - To 70 A.D

Jews - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Egalitarian Theology: The Commoner's Upgrade from King's Servant to Servant King -- 2. Egalitarian Politics: Constitution, Class, and the Book of Deuteronomy -- 3. Egalitarianism and Assets: God the Economist -- 4. Egalitarian Technology: Alphabet, Text, and Class -- 5. Egalitarianism and the Evolution of Narrative: The Rescue of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) and the Sargon Legend Compared -- Conclusion: Egalitarianisms Ancient and Modern -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Scriptural References -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

In Created Equal, 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.