Founding God's nation :: reading Exodus /
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 te...
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| 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.-- |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 726 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| contents | Out of Egypt: slavery and deliverance: Exodus 1-15 -- 1 Into the House of Bondage -- 2 The Birth and Youth of the Liberator -- 3 Moses Finds God and (Reluctantly) Accepts His Mission -- 4 Egyptian Overtures: Hitting Bottom -- 5 To Go Against Pharaoh: Ordering the Team -- 6 The Contest with Egypt -- 7 Exodus -- 8 "Who Is Like You Among the Gods?": The Lord, Egypt, and Israel at the Sea of Reeds -- From the mountain: covenant and law: Exodus 15-23 -- -- 9 The Murmurings of Necessity -- 10 "Is the Lord Among Us or Not?": The Battle with Amalek -- 11 Jethro's Visit: Justice and the Need for Law -- 12 Covenant from the Mountain: A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation -- 13 Principles for God's New Nation -- 14 Ordinances for God's New Nation: Justice and the Civil Law -- 15 Beyond Civil Law, Beyond Justice -- To the tabernacle: worship and presence: Exodus 24-40 -- 16 Strange Goings-On: "Blood of the Covenant" and "Seeing God" -- 17 "Let Them Make Me a Sanctuary" -- 18 "That I May Dwell Among Them": God's Prime Ministers and the Tent of Meeting -- 19 Beyond Animal Sacrifice: Human Art, Divine Rest -- 20 The Covenant on Trial: The Golden Calf -- 21 The Forgiving God and the Glorious Moses -- 22 The Completion(s) of the Tabernacle. |
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| spelling | Kass, Leon, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79110676 Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / Leon R. Kass. Reading Exodus New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021] ©2021 1 online resource (xix, 726 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier nat Americans lcdgt Part One Out of Egypt: slavery and deliverance: Exodus 1-15 -- 1 Into the House of Bondage -- 2 The Birth and Youth of the Liberator -- 3 Moses Finds God and (Reluctantly) Accepts His Mission -- 4 Egyptian Overtures: Hitting Bottom -- 5 To Go Against Pharaoh: Ordering the Team -- 6 The Contest with Egypt -- 7 Exodus -- 8 "Who Is Like You Among the Gods?": The Lord, Egypt, and Israel at the Sea of Reeds -- Part 2 From the mountain: covenant and law: Exodus 15-23 -- -- 9 The Murmurings of Necessity -- 10 "Is the Lord Among Us or Not?": The Battle with Amalek -- 11 Jethro's Visit: Justice and the Need for Law -- 12 Covenant from the Mountain: A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation -- 13 Principles for God's New Nation -- 14 Ordinances for God's New Nation: Justice and the Civil Law -- 15 Beyond Civil Law, Beyond Justice -- Part Three To the tabernacle: worship and presence: Exodus 24-40 -- 16 Strange Goings-On: "Blood of the Covenant" and "Seeing God" -- 17 "Let Them Make Me a Sanctuary" -- 18 "That I May Dwell Among Them": God's Prime Ministers and the Tent of Meeting -- 19 Beyond Animal Sacrifice: Human Art, Divine Rest -- 20 The Covenant on Trial: The Golden Calf -- 21 The Forgiving God and the Glorious Moses -- 22 The Completion(s) of the Tabernacle. Includes bibliographical references and index 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.-- Provided by publisher Print version record 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. Bible. Exodus Commentaries. Bible Exode Commentaires. Bible. Exodus fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast has work: Founding God's nation (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGQgCtmhtMdxKRG6WPPKgq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: KASS, LEON R. FOUNDING GOD'S NATION. New Haven : YALE UNIV Press, 2021 0300253036 (OCoLC)1146587420 |
| spellingShingle | Kass, Leon Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / Out of Egypt: slavery and deliverance: Exodus 1-15 -- 1 Into the House of Bondage -- 2 The Birth and Youth of the Liberator -- 3 Moses Finds God and (Reluctantly) Accepts His Mission -- 4 Egyptian Overtures: Hitting Bottom -- 5 To Go Against Pharaoh: Ordering the Team -- 6 The Contest with Egypt -- 7 Exodus -- 8 "Who Is Like You Among the Gods?": The Lord, Egypt, and Israel at the Sea of Reeds -- From the mountain: covenant and law: Exodus 15-23 -- -- 9 The Murmurings of Necessity -- 10 "Is the Lord Among Us or Not?": The Battle with Amalek -- 11 Jethro's Visit: Justice and the Need for Law -- 12 Covenant from the Mountain: A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation -- 13 Principles for God's New Nation -- 14 Ordinances for God's New Nation: Justice and the Civil Law -- 15 Beyond Civil Law, Beyond Justice -- To the tabernacle: worship and presence: Exodus 24-40 -- 16 Strange Goings-On: "Blood of the Covenant" and "Seeing God" -- 17 "Let Them Make Me a Sanctuary" -- 18 "That I May Dwell Among Them": God's Prime Ministers and the Tent of Meeting -- 19 Beyond Animal Sacrifice: Human Art, Divine Rest -- 20 The Covenant on Trial: The Golden Calf -- 21 The Forgiving God and the Glorious Moses -- 22 The Completion(s) of the Tabernacle. Bible. Exodus Commentaries. Bible Exode Commentaires. Bible. Exodus fast |
| title | Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / |
| title_alt | Reading Exodus Out of Egypt: slavery and deliverance: Exodus 1-15 -- 1 Into the House of Bondage -- 2 The Birth and Youth of the Liberator -- 3 Moses Finds God and (Reluctantly) Accepts His Mission -- 4 Egyptian Overtures: Hitting Bottom -- 5 To Go Against Pharaoh: Ordering the Team -- 6 The Contest with Egypt -- 7 Exodus -- 8 "Who Is Like You Among the Gods?": The Lord, Egypt, and Israel at the Sea of Reeds -- From the mountain: covenant and law: Exodus 15-23 -- -- 9 The Murmurings of Necessity -- 10 "Is the Lord Among Us or Not?": The Battle with Amalek -- 11 Jethro's Visit: Justice and the Need for Law -- 12 Covenant from the Mountain: A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation -- 13 Principles for God's New Nation -- 14 Ordinances for God's New Nation: Justice and the Civil Law -- 15 Beyond Civil Law, Beyond Justice -- To the tabernacle: worship and presence: Exodus 24-40 -- 16 Strange Goings-On: "Blood of the Covenant" and "Seeing God" -- 17 "Let Them Make Me a Sanctuary" -- 18 "That I May Dwell Among Them": God's Prime Ministers and the Tent of Meeting -- 19 Beyond Animal Sacrifice: Human Art, Divine Rest -- 20 The Covenant on Trial: The Golden Calf -- 21 The Forgiving God and the Glorious Moses -- 22 The Completion(s) of the Tabernacle. |
| title_auth | Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / |
| title_exact_search | Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / |
| title_full | Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / Leon R. Kass. |
| title_fullStr | Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / Leon R. Kass. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Founding God's nation : reading Exodus / Leon R. Kass. |
| title_short | Founding God's nation : |
| title_sort | founding god s nation reading exodus |
| title_sub | reading Exodus / |
| topic | Bible. Exodus Commentaries. Bible Exode Commentaires. Bible. Exodus fast |
| topic_facet | Bible. Exodus Commentaries. Bible Exode Commentaires. Bible. Exodus Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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