Reading Genesis politically : an introduction to Mosaic political philosophy
Sicker asserts that the Mosaic canon, the Pentateuch, is first and foremost a library of essentially political teachings and documents, and that the first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis set forth in essence a general Mosaic political philosophy.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xviii, 152 pages)
9780275974930, 0275974936
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The emergence of man
Man against God: the myth of the primal sin
Man against man: Cain and Abel
Man against society: the generation of the flood
Cleaning the slate: the deluge
Beginning anew
Society astray: the Tower of Babel
Another beginning