"Gleichheit." . . "Soziologie." . . "Equality Biblical teaching." . . "Equality Biblical teaching" . "Jews Social conditions." . . "Jews Social conditions" . "Politique dans la Bible." . . "Égalité (Sociologie) Enseignement biblique." . . "Politische Philosophie." . . "Oxford University Press." . . "Berman, Joshua A" . . "Politische Theorie." . . "Altes Testament." . . "Bible. Pentateuch" . . "Bible. Pentateuch." . "Gamle testamente" . . "Bibelen. G.T." . . . . "Juifs Conditions sociales." . . "Tora." . . "Biblia. V. T.. Pentateuchus." . . "To 70" . . "Bible" . . . . . . . . . "Created Equal. How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Created Equal How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought" . . . . . . . . "Created equal : how the Bible broke with ancient political thought" . "Created equal : how the Bible broke with ancient political thought"@en . . . . "Llibres electrònics" . . . . . "Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought"@en . . "\"In this work, Joshua Berman engages the text of the Hebrew Bible from a novel perspective, as a document of social and political thought. He proposes that the Pentateuch can be read as the earliest prescription on record for the establishment of an egalitarian polity.\"--RÉsumé de l'éditeur." . . "Electronic resource" . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . "Joshua Berman engages the text of the Hebrew Bible from a novel perspective -- as a document of social and political thought. He proposes that the Pentateuch can be read as the earliest prescription on record for the establishment of an egalitarian polity. The blueprint that emerges is that of a society that would stand in stark contrast to the social orders found in the surrounding cultures of the ancient Near East -- Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, and the Hittite Empire -- where the hierarchical structure of the polity was centered on the figure of the king and his retinue. Berman shows that the Pentateuch's egalitarian ideal is articulated in comprehensive fashion and is expressed in its theology, politics, economics, use of technologies of communication, and in its narrative literature. Throughout, he invokes parallels from the modern period as heuristic devices to illuminate the ancient developments under study. Thus, for example, the constitutional principles in the Book of Deuteronomy are examined in the light of principles espoused by Montesquieu, and the rise of the novel in 18th-century England serves to illuminate the advent of new modes of storytelling in biblical narrative."@en . "Joshua Berman engages the text of the Hebrew Bible from a novel perspective -- as a document of social and political thought. He proposes that the Pentateuch can be read as the earliest prescription on record for the establishment of an egalitarian polity. The blueprint that emerges is that of a society that would stand in stark contrast to the social orders found in the surrounding cultures of the ancient Near East -- Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, and the Hittite Empire -- where the hierarchical structure of the polity was centered on the figure of the king and his retinue. Berman shows that the Pentateuch's egalitarian ideal is articulated in comprehensive fashion and is expressed in its theology, politics, economics, use of technologies of communication, and in its narrative literature. Throughout, he invokes parallels from the modern period as heuristic devices to illuminate the ancient developments under study. Thus, for example, the constitutional principles in the Book of Deuteronomy are examined in the light of principles espoused by Montesquieu, and the rise of the novel in 18th-century England serves to illuminate the advent of new modes of storytelling in biblical narrative." . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Created equal how the Bible broke with ancient political thought"@en . . "Created equal how the Bible broke with ancient political thought" . . . . "Bible. A.T.. Pentateuque" . . "Bible. A.T. Pentateuque" . "Bibelen" . . "Bible. O.T. Pentateuch" . . "égalité \"Bible\"" . . "Altes Testament Soziale Gleichheit." . . "RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament." . . "Igualtat Ensenyament bíblic." . . "Schepping." . . "Jueus Política i govern Fins al 70." . . "RELIGION Judaism Sacred Writings." . . "Soziale Gleichheit Altes Testament." . . "Pentateuch." . . "Egalitarismus." . . "Jews Politics and government" . . "Jews Politics and government." . "Bíblia. A.T. Pentateuc" . . "Mensbeeld." . . "Jews Politics and government To 70 A.D." . . "Det gamle testamente" . . "Altes Testament." . .