Created equal : how the Bible broke with ancient political thought

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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Main Author: Berman, Joshua, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2008
Series:UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books.
Subjects:
Bible. > Pentateuch > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Equality > Biblical teaching.
Jews > Politics and government > To 70 A.D.
Jews > Social conditions.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Egalitarian theology: the commoner's upgrade from king's servant to servant king
  • Egalitarian politics: constitution, class, and the book of Deuteronomy
  • Egalitarianism and assets: God the economist
  • Egalitarian technology: alphabet, text, and class
  • Egalitarianism and the evolution of narrative: the rescue of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) and the sarong legend compared
  • Conclusion: Egalitarianisms ancient and modern.

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