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The Genesis of justice : ten stories of biblical injustice that led to the Ten Commandments and modern law
- Title
- The Genesis of justice : ten stories of biblical injustice that led to the Ten Commandments and modern law / Alan M. Dershowitz.
- Author
- Dershowitz, Alan M.
- Publication
- New York : Warner Books, 2000.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 273 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- God threatens--and backs down -- Cain murders--and walks -- God overreacts--and floods the world -- Abraham defends the guilty--and loses -- Lot's daughters rape their father--and save the world -- Abraham commits attempted murder--and is praised -- Jacob deceives--and gets deceived -- Dina is raped--and her brothers take revenge -- Tamar becomes a prostitute--and the progenitor of David and the Messiah -- Joseph is framed--and then frames his brothers -- Why is there so much injustice in Genesis? -- Why does the Bible begin at the beginning? -- Is there justice in this world or the next? --Where do the Ten Commandments come from?
- Call Number
- *PDW (Genesis) 00-4441
- ISBN
- 0446524794
- LCCN
- 99050220
- OCLC
- 42603337
- Author
- Dershowitz, Alan M.
- Title
- The Genesis of justice : ten stories of biblical injustice that led to the Ten Commandments and modern law / Alan M. Dershowitz.
- Imprint
- New York : Warner Books, 2000.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- *PDW (Genesis) 00-4441