The politics of biblical interpretation: A review essay

This article reviews four recent books that all purport to deal with politics in ancient Israel. Despite dealing with the Bible, they are all saturated with modern concerns.

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Main Author: Hughes, Aaron W. 1968- (Author)
Contributors: Berman, Joshua A. (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Miller, Geoffrey P. 1950- (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Hazony, Yoram (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Walzer, Michael 1935- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2015]
In: Critical research on religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 282-296
Review of:Created equal (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008) (Hughes, Aaron W.)
The ways of a king (Göttingen [u.a.] : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011) (Hughes, Aaron W.)
The philosophy of Hebrew scripture (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012) (Hughes, Aaron W.)
In God's shadow (New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2012) (Hughes, Aaron W.)
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Interpretation of
B Book review
B Bible
B Politics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This article reviews four recent books that all purport to deal with politics in ancient Israel. Despite dealing with the Bible, they are all saturated with modern concerns.
ISSN:2050-3040
Contains:Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/2050303215613146