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In Gods Shadow Politics in the Hebrew Bible Michael ~ Was there room in the Biblical kingdom of an omnipotent God for a political constitution or political responsibility Walzer’s guide through the text of the Hebrew Bible is magnificent a manylayered elegant sympathetic but unapologetic examination of covenants legal codes kingship prophecy exile holy war
In Gods Shadow Politics in the Hebrew Bible by Michael ~ Politics per se is not directly addressed in the Hebrew Bible but the literature of ancient Israel holds within it political elements that take place in the shadow of an omnipotent God I found especially interest Waltzer contention is that the Bible needs to be read as it is
In Gods Shadow Politics in the Hebrew Bible Kindle ~ Walzer begins his review of politics in the Hebrew scripture with the obligatory mention of his approach to Biblical interpretation According to Walzer and his sources many from the Jewish tradition the Bibles historical accounts and detailed religious codes are not always what they seem
In Gods Shadow Politics in the Hebrew Bible on JSTOR ~ The democracy such as it was was a democracy under God and God as the Israelites conceived him did not have the character the style or the demeanor of a democratic leader Omnipotence was after unity his most important attribute In the Bible God is repeatedly described with the metaphors of monarchy he is a king who will reign forever
In God’s Shadow The Politics of the Hebrew Bible ~ In the introduction to In God’s Shadow The Politics of the Hebrew Bible Michael Walzer rightly observes that the Hebrew Bible is about “a people who have leaders and laws who experience bitter internal conflicts and wars with other nations who disagree about authority and policy who listen to public criticism of their government and society” p xi
Book review In Gods Shadow Politics in the Hebrew Bible ~ In God’s Shadow – A Political Theorist Reads the Hebrew Bible by Michael Walzer £20 published by Yale University Press The Bible is an extraordinary diverse tract of writings
In Gods Shadow Politics in the Hebrew Bible Ave Maria ~ In this eagerly awaited book political theorist Michael Walzer reports his findings after decades of thinking about the politics of the Hebrew Bible Attentive to nuance while engagingly straightforward Walzer examines the laws the histories the prophecies and the wisdom of the ancient biblical writers and discusses their views on such central political questions as justice hierarchy
In Gods Shadow Politics in the Hebrew Bible Reviews ~ Michael Walzer In Gods Shadow Politics in the Hebrew Bible Yale University Press 2012 232pp 2800 hbk ISBN 9780300180442 Reviewed by Sam Fleischacker University of Illinois Chicago One way to distinguish political theorists is by style
In Gods Shadow Politics in the Hebrew Bible Book Review ~ This is the question Michael Walzer tries to answer in his book In God’s Shadow the product of decades’ discussions with members of his minyan at the Princeton University’s Center for Jewish Life and of a series of courses on biblical politics held at various universities in New York and Jerusalem
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