Conceiving a Nation - The Development of Political Discourse in the Hebrew Bible

About the author

Mira Morgenstern is Associate Professor of Political Science at The City College, City University of New York. She is the author of Rousseau and the Politics of Ambiguity: Self, Culture, and Society (Penn State, 1996).

Summary

Interprets the Bible as a text concerned with the political reality of conceiving and nurturing a nation. Highlights the emphasis that the Bible places on women's contribution to what it takes to make a nation.

Product details

• Authors: Mira Morgenstern, Mira (City College of New York) Morgenstern, Morgenstern Mira
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2009
• EAN: 9780271034737
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03473-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 481 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Nationalism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Political science and theory, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General