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200 10$aCreated equal$b[electronic resource] $ehow the Bible broke with ancient political thought /$fJoshua A. Berman
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York, N.Y. $cOxford University Press$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (264 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
327   $aCover; 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;
330   $aIn Created Equal, Joshua Berman engages the text of the Hebrew Bible from a novel perspective, considering it 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. What emerges is the blueprint for a society that would stand in stark contrast to the surrounding cultures of the ancient Near East -- Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, and the Hittite Empire - in which the hierarchical structure of the polity was centered on the figure of the king and his retinue. Berman shows that
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