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Autore: | Berman Joshua |
Titolo: | Created equal [[electronic resource] ] : how the Bible broke with ancient political thought / / Joshua A. Berman |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | xiv, 249 p. : ill |
Disciplina: | 221.8/32 |
Soggetto topico: | Equality - Biblical teaching |
Jews - Politics and government - To 70 A.D | |
Jews - Social conditions | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Created equal |
ISBN: | 0-19-970550-X |
0-19-983240-4 | |
9786613039880 | |
1-283-03988-5 | |
0-19-987143-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823496803321 |
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