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Whose Agony? Whose Ecstasy? The Politics of Deuteronomic Law

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Title: Whose Agony? Whose Ecstasy? The Politics of Deuteronomic Law
Author: Knight, Douglas A., 1943-
Description: Professor Douglas Knight looks at the political and economic structures which were in place when the Hebrew Bible was written. He questions "Whose text is it?" What political and economic goals were the writers of the text trying to attain? What can be learned from a "political and ideological reading of the biblical laws?"
LCSH Subject: Bible -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jews -- Politics and government -- To 70 A.D.
Jews -- Civilization -- To 70 A.D.
Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1803/3745
Date: 2000

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