Reading Biblical Literature from a Legal and Political Perspective
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Description
The Bible’s Primary History—the great history of the Israelite people extending from Genesis to Second Kings—contains within it a remarkable set of ideas about government and law. The work touches on nearly all of the great themes of political theory in the modern era—the necessity of government, the problem of anarchy, the moral basis of obligation, the distinguishing features of good and bad leaders, and the analysis of optimal government structure and design. Associated with these political ideas is a remarkably insightful exploration of the basic problems of jurisprudence: the nature of law, the justifications for constitutions, and the articulation of specific legal norms in legislations and principles of customary law.
Source Publication
The Cambridge Companion to the Bible and Literature
Source Editors/Authors
Calum Carmichael
Publication Date
2020
Recommended Citation
Miller, Geoffrey P., "Reading Biblical Literature from a Legal and Political Perspective" (2020). Faculty Chapters. 1999.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/1999
