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9780446676779

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

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    9780446676779

  • ISBN10:

    0446676772

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-02-01
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

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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

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