TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dershowitz,Alan M.
TI  - The Genesis of justice: ten stories of biblical injustice that led to the Ten Commandments and modern law 
SN  - 0446524794
AV  - BS1235.6.J8 D47 2000
U1  - 222/.1106 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Warner Books
KW  - Bible
KW  - Genesis
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Justice
KW  - Biblical teaching
N1  - 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?
ER  -