Politics in the Hebrew Bible: God, Man, and Government

by Matthew B. Schwartz and Kalman J. Kaplan

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765709856
• ISBN13: 9780765709851
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"