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Created Equal
How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought
Taschenbuch von Joshua A. Berman
Sprache: Englisch

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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 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 an egalitarian ideal is articulated in comprehensive fashion in the Pentateuch and is expressed in its theology, politics, economics, use of technologies of communication, and in its narrative literature. Throughout, he invokes parallels from the modern period as heuristic devices to illuminate ancient developments. Thus, for example, the constitutional principles in the Book of Deuteronomy are examined in the light of those espoused by Montesquieu, and the rise of the novel in 18th-century England serves to illuminate the advent of new modes of storytelling in biblical narrative.
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 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 an egalitarian ideal is articulated in comprehensive fashion in the Pentateuch and is expressed in its theology, politics, economics, use of technologies of communication, and in its narrative literature. Throughout, he invokes parallels from the modern period as heuristic devices to illuminate ancient developments. Thus, for example, the constitutional principles in the Book of Deuteronomy are examined in the light of those espoused by Montesquieu, and the rise of the novel in 18th-century England serves to illuminate the advent of new modes of storytelling in biblical narrative.
Über den Autor
Joshua A. Berman is Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and an Associate Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of Abbreviations

  • Introduction

  • Chapter One: Egalitarian Theology: The Commoner's Upgrade from King's Servant to Servant King

  • Chapter Two: Egalitarian Politics: Constitution, Class, and the Book of Deuteronomy

  • Chapter Three: Egalitarianism and Assets: God the Economist

  • Chapter Four: Egalitarian Technology: Alphabet, Text, and Class

  • Chapter Five: 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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199832408
ISBN-10: 0199832404
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Berman, Joshua A.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Joshua A. Berman
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.08.2011
Gewicht: 0,406 kg
Artikel-ID: 120667098
Über den Autor
Joshua A. Berman is Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and an Associate Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of Abbreviations

  • Introduction

  • Chapter One: Egalitarian Theology: The Commoner's Upgrade from King's Servant to Servant King

  • Chapter Two: Egalitarian Politics: Constitution, Class, and the Book of Deuteronomy

  • Chapter Three: Egalitarianism and Assets: God the Economist

  • Chapter Four: Egalitarian Technology: Alphabet, Text, and Class

  • Chapter Five: 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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199832408
ISBN-10: 0199832404
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Berman, Joshua A.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Joshua A. Berman
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.08.2011
Gewicht: 0,406 kg
Artikel-ID: 120667098
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