The Genesis of justice :
Dershowitz, Alan M.
The Genesis of justice : ten stories of biblical injustice that led to the Ten Commandments and modern law / Alan M. Dershowitz. - New York : Warner Books, 2000. - xi, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
0446524794
99050220
Bible--Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Justice--Biblical teaching.
BS1235.6.J8 / D47 2000
222/.1106
The Genesis of justice : ten stories of biblical injustice that led to the Ten Commandments and modern law / Alan M. Dershowitz. - New York : Warner Books, 2000. - xi, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
0446524794
99050220
Bible--Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Justice--Biblical teaching.
BS1235.6.J8 / D47 2000
222/.1106