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082			_bD427-A32
100			_aDershowitz, Alan M.
100			_eAuthor
245			_aThe Genesis of Justice
245			_bTen Stories of Biblical Injustice that Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Morality and Law
245			_cAlan M. Dershowitz
260			_aU.S.A.
260			_bWarner Books
260			_c2000
300			_a273tr.
300			_bhardcover, illustration
300			_c24 cm
520			_aThe author uses 10 stories from Genesis to demonstrate how the Bible provides a basis for contemporary ideas about justice and injustice. The narratives deal with Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham, Lot, Jacob, Dina, Tamar and Joseph. Dershowitz includes a translation of each story, recounts some theological commentaries and offers his own interpretations. He acknowledges the failings of the biblical characters, pointing out that they were guilty of deception, lust, crime, incest, revenge and murder. Their problematic actions highlighted the need for the laws that appear later in the Torah, starting with Exodus and the Ten Commandments. The book concludes with four chapters on ""The Genesis of Justice in the Injustice of Genesis."" Dershowitz argues that the ""bad actions"" depicted in Genesis gave rise to the ""common law of justice."" He addresses the question of theodicy, claiming that the belief in the hereafter solves the problem of why evil exists on earth. Finally, he asserts that the stories he has examined explain the need for judicial codes. The book makes an important contribution by clearly validating this claim, although Dershowitz disregards the stories' significance as a basis for moral and ethical development.
650			_aGenesis (Book of the Bible)
650			_aTheology -- Study and teaching -- Justice
856	4		_uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15521/207.jpg _yCover Image
911			_aLê Phước Thắng
957			_a240919TBN
999			_c15372 _d15372