John Lockeʹs political philosophy and the Hebrew Bible / Yechiel J.M. Leiter, Herzl Institute, Kohelet Policy Forum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leiter, Yechiel M., author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Locke, John, 1632-1704.

Locke, John.

Politics in the Bible.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 420 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

John Locke's treatises on government make frequent reference to the Hebrew Bible, while references to the New Testament are almost completely absent. To date, scholarship has not addressed this surprising characteristic of the treatises. In this book, Yechiel Leiter offers a Hebraic reading of Locke's fundamental political text. In doing so, he formulates a new school of thought in Lockean political interpretation and challenges existing ones. He shows how a grasp of the Hebraic underpinnings of Locke's political theory resolves many of the problems, as well as scholarly debates, that are inherent in reading Locke.

Contents:

Retrieving the lost honor of the first treatise

Lockeʹs unusual natural law

Equality and liberty: the role of Imago Dei vs. domineering phantom

Property and charity: the biblical contours of Lockean economics

On rebellion: what makes a revolution glorious?

The fall and the extent of human depravity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-414) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108428187

1108428185

OCLC:

1015264347

Publisher Number:

40028328631