How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought
by
Joshua A. Berman
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2008
In 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...