Founding God's nation : reading Exodus

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.--

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ISBN: 9780300253030
ISBN: 0300253036
ISBN: 9780300256116
ISBN: 0300256116
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 726 pages)
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Computer data.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Copyright: �2021

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General Note:	CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Formatted Contents Note:	Part One. Out of Egypt : Slavery and deliverance : Exodus 1-15 -- Part Two. From the mountain : Covenant and law : Exodus 15-23 -- Part Three. To the Tabernacle : Worship and presence : Exodus 24-40
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Biographical or Historical Data:	Leon R. Kass is the Addie Clark Harding Professor Emeritus in the Committee on Social Thought and the College at the University of Chicago. His books include The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record