Politics in the Hebrew Bible
Subtitle: God, man, and government
By: Matthew B. Schwartz and Kalman J. Kaplan
Contributors: Kaplan, Kalman J.
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780765709851; 9780765709868
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Politics in the Bible
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Three organizing principles; title: Biblical stories and their implications for political life; title: Individuation/differentiation against uniformity/conformity; title: Organic morality against abstract equilibrium; title: Hope against fear toward the future; title: The uniqueness of the Hebrew Bible; title: Conclusion; title: Chronology for the Biblical era; title: Apprendix B: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the authors.