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Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / Leon R. Kass.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: xix, 726 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300253030
  • 0300253036
Other title:
  • Reading Exodus
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Out of Egypt: slavery and deliverance: Exodus 1-15 -- From the mountain: covenant and law: Exodus 15-23 -- To the tabernacle: worship and presence: Exodus 24-40 -- Epilogue.
Summary: "In this long-awaited follow-up to his 2003 book on Genesis, humanist scholar Leon Kass explores how Exodus raises and then answers the central political questions of what defines a nation and how a nation should govern itself. Considered by some the most important book in the Hebrew Bible, Exodus tells the story of the Jewish people from their enslavement in Egypt, through their liberation under Moses's leadership, to the covenantal founding at Sinai and the building of the Tabernacle. In Kass's analysis, these events began the slow process of learning how to stop thinking like slaves and become an independent people. The Israelites ultimately founded their nation on three elements: a shared narrative that instills empathy for the poor and the suffering, the uplifting rule of a moral law, and devotion to a higher common purpose. These elements, Kass argues, remain the essential principles for any freedom-loving nation today." -- Publisher, inside front flap of dust jacket.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 222.1206 K19 Available 33111009801263
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 222.1206 K19 Available 33111010497515
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A chapter-by-chapter explanation of the Book of Exodus, revealing its wisdom about nation building and people formation



"Kass draws from Exodus' record of the founding of Judaism timely--even urgent--universal lessons about twenty-first-century preconditions for human flourishing in any community. Compelling modern reflections on ancient wisdom."--Bryce Christensen, Booklist (starred review)



In this long-awaited follow-up to his 2003 book on Genesis, humanist scholar Leon Kass explores how Exodus raises and then answers the central political questions of what defines a nation and how a nation should govern itself. Considered by some the most important book in the Hebrew Bible, Exodus tells the story of the Jewish people from their enslavement in Egypt, through their liberation under Moses's leadership, to the covenantal founding at Sinai and the building of the Tabernacle. In Kass's analysis, these events began the slow process of learning how to stop thinking like slaves and become an independent people. The Israelites ultimately founded their nation on three elements: a shared narrative that instills empathy for the poor and the suffering, the uplifting rule of a moral law, and devotion to a higher common purpose. These elements, Kass argues, remain the essential principles for any freedom-loving nation today.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Out of Egypt: slavery and deliverance: Exodus 1-15 -- From the mountain: covenant and law: Exodus 15-23 -- To the tabernacle: worship and presence: Exodus 24-40 -- Epilogue.

"In this long-awaited follow-up to his 2003 book on Genesis, humanist scholar Leon Kass explores how Exodus raises and then answers the central political questions of what defines a nation and how a nation should govern itself. Considered by some the most important book in the Hebrew Bible, Exodus tells the story of the Jewish people from their enslavement in Egypt, through their liberation under Moses's leadership, to the covenantal founding at Sinai and the building of the Tabernacle. In Kass's analysis, these events began the slow process of learning how to stop thinking like slaves and become an independent people. The Israelites ultimately founded their nation on three elements: a shared narrative that instills empathy for the poor and the suffering, the uplifting rule of a moral law, and devotion to a higher common purpose. These elements, Kass argues, remain the essential principles for any freedom-loving nation today." -- Publisher, inside front flap of dust jacket.

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