Politics in the Hebrew Bible God, Man, and Government |
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| Author:
| Schwartz, Matthew B.
Kaplan, Kalman J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7657-0985-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Jason Aronson |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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In Politics in the Hebrew Bible: God, Man, and Government, Kalman J. Kaplan and Matthew B. Schwartz offer a genre-straddling examination of the political themes in the Jewish Bible. By studying the political implications of 42 biblical stories (organized into the categories Social Order, Government and Leadership, Domestic Relations, Societal Relations, Morale and Mission, and Foreign Policy), the authors seek to discern a cohesive political viewpoint embodied by the Jewish Bible.
In Politics in the Hebrew Bible: God, Man, and Government, Kalman J. Kaplan and Matthew B. Schwartz offer a genre-straddling examination of the political themes in the Jewish Bible. By studying the political implications of 42 biblical stories (organized into the categories Social Order, Government and Leadership, Domestic Relations, Societal Relations, Morale and Mission, and Foreign Policy), the authors seek to discern a cohesive political viewpoint embodied by the Jewish Bible.