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The Beginning of Politics: Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Beginning of Politics: Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Moshe Halbertal
By (author) Stephen Holmes
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenrePhilosophy of religion
ISBN/Barcode 9780691191683
ClassificationsDewey:222.406
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 18 June 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

How the book of Samuel offers a timeless meditation on the dilemmas of statecraft The book of Samuel is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme achievements of biblical literature. Yet the book's anonymous author was more than an inspired storyteller. The author was also an uncannily astute observer of political life and the moral comprom

Author Biography

Moshe Halbertal is the Gruss Professor of Law at New York University and the John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Stephen Holmes is the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law at New York University.

Reviews

"World's 2017 Book of the Year in "History""