The Genesis of Justice Ten Stories of Biblical Injustice That Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Morality and Law

by Dershowitz, Alan M.

• ISBN13: 9780446676779
• ISBN10: 0446676772
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

From gethesmane to the Grave: A commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels

Author Biography

Alan Dershowitz has been involved in some of the most notorious cases of the past three decades including, O.J. Simpson's trial, Muhammad Ali's appeal, and Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. Dershowitz resides in Cambridge and is a professor at Harvard Law School. He is the author of Chutzpah, The Advocates Devil, America on Trial, and The Genesis of Justice, among others.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	x
PART I: Why Genesis?	1	(24)
PART II: The Ten Stories	25	(176)
God Threatens---and Backs Down	27	(21)
Cain Murders---and Walks	48	(12)
God Overreacts---and Floods the World	60	(9)
Abraham Defends the Guilty---and Loses	69	(25)
Lot's Daughters Rape Their Father---and Save the World	94	(9)
Abraham Commits Attempted Murder---and Is Praised	103	(29)
Jacob Deceives---and Gets Deceived	132	(15)
Dina Is Raped---and Her Brothers Take Revenge	147	(18)
Tamar Becomes a Prostitute---and the Progenitor of David and the Messiah	165	(18)
Joseph Is Framed---and Then Frames His Brothers	183	(18)
PART III: The Genesis of Justice in the Injustice of Genesis	201	(60)
Why Is There So Much Injustice in Genesis?	203	(14)
Why Does the Bible Begin at the Beginning?	217	(8)
Is There Justice in This World or the Next?	225	(20)
Where Do the Ten Commandments Come From?	245	(16)
Index	261	(14)
Readers Respond to The Genesis of Justice	275