num_pages: 688
description: A legal historian reviews the history of blasphemy, from Moses to Rushdie, showing what forms of speech societies have found intolerable, tracing the changing meanings of blasphemy, and discussing the costs and benefits of free speech.
language: English
title: Blasphemy: Verbal Offense Against the Sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie
titlecomplete: Blasphemy: Verbal Offense Against the Sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie
genres: Religion, Politics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Law, History
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Knopf