Democracy and the Ten Commandments

by Robert Kimball Shinkoskey

Book Overview

For 2,000 years Western culture has leaned heavily on the Ten Commandments for guidance in religion, ethics, and morality. The author, drawing upon modern Biblical science, demonstrates that those laws were designed for an entirely different purpose--to provide alternatives to repressive policies Israel reeled under in Egypt. The Decalogue is a political document designed to limit government intrusion into private lives. Its precepts deal with matters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498290094
• ISBN13: 9781498290098
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"