Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought

by Joshua A. Berman

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195374703
• ISBN13: 9780195374704
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.2"