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The Mosaic Constitution
Graham L. Hammill
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Description for The Mosaic Constitution
Hardcover. It is a common belief that scripture has no place in modern, secular politics. The author challenges this notion, arguing that Moses' constitution of Israel, which created people bound by the rule of law, was central to early modern writings about government and state. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
It is a common belief that scripture has no place in modern, secular politics. Graham Hammill challenges this notion in "The Mosaic Constitution", arguing that Moses' constitution of Israel, which created people bound by the rule of law, was central to early modern writings about government and state. Hammill shows how political writers from Machiavelli to Spinoza drew on Mosaic narrative to imagine constitutional forms of government. At the same time, literary writers like Christopher Marlowe, Michael Drayton, and John Milton turned to Hebrew scripture to probe such fundamental divisions as those between populace and multitude, citizenship and race, and ... Read more
It is a common belief that scripture has no place in modern, secular politics. Graham Hammill challenges this notion in "The Mosaic Constitution", arguing that Moses' constitution of Israel, which created people bound by the rule of law, was central to early modern writings about government and state. Hammill shows how political writers from Machiavelli to Spinoza drew on Mosaic narrative to imagine constitutional forms of government. At the same time, literary writers like Christopher Marlowe, Michael Drayton, and John Milton turned to Hebrew scripture to probe such fundamental divisions as those between populace and multitude, citizenship and race, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226315423
SKU
V9780226315423
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About Graham L. Hammill
Graham Hammill is associate professor of English at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. He is the author of Sexuality and Form and coeditor of Political Theology and Early Modernity, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for The Mosaic Constitution
"The Mosaic Constitution is an extraordinary work of scholarship - remarkable in its depth and range, remarkable in its implications for the field. The scale and texture of the historical scholarship show the kind of period fluency and scholarly gravitas that will place Graham Hammill squarely in the ranks of the most accomplished of contemporary analysts of the early modern ... Read more