The beginning of wisdom : reading Genesis / Leon R. Kass.
2006
222.1106 K19b 2006
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Title
The beginning of wisdom : reading Genesis / Leon R. Kass.
Author
Edition
University of Chicago Press ed.
ISBN
0226425673 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226425672 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226425672 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Language
English
Description
xv, 700 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
222.1106 K19b 2006
System Control No.
(OCoLC)62134813
(OCoLC)62134813
(OCoLC)62134813
Summary
Examining Genesis in a philosophical light, Kass presents it not as a story of what happened long ago, but as the enduring story of humanity itself. He asserts that the first half of Genesis contains insights about human nature that "rival anything produced by the great philosophers." Kass here reads these first stories--from Adam and Eve to the tower of Babel--as a mirror for self-discovery that reveals truths about human reason, speech, freedom, sexual desire, pride, shame, anger, and death. Taking a step further in the second half of his book, Kass explores the struggles in Genesis to launch a new way of life that addresses mankind's morally ambiguous nature by promoting righteousness and holiness.
Note
Originally published: New York : Free Press, c2003.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 667-678) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Awesome beginnings : man, heaven, and the created order
The follies of freedom and reason : the story of the Garden of Eden (I)
The vexed question of man and woman : the story of the Garden of Eden (II)
Fratricide and founding : the twisted roots of civilization
Death, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation : the return of chaos and the flood
Elementary justice : man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant
Paternity and piety : Noah and his sons
Babel : the failures of civilization
Educating the fathers : Father Abraham
Educating Father Abraham : the meaning of marriage
Educating Father Abraham : the meaning of patriarchy
Inheriting the way : from father to son
The education of Isaac : from son to patriarch
The adventures of Jacob : the taming of the shrewd
Brotherhood and piety : facing Esau, seeing God
Politics and piety : Jacob becomes Israel
The generations of Jacob : the question of leadership
Joseph the Egyptian
Joseph and his brothers : estrangement and recognition
Israel in Egypt : the way not taken
Losing Joseph, saving Israel : Jacob preserves the way.
The follies of freedom and reason : the story of the Garden of Eden (I)
The vexed question of man and woman : the story of the Garden of Eden (II)
Fratricide and founding : the twisted roots of civilization
Death, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation : the return of chaos and the flood
Elementary justice : man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant
Paternity and piety : Noah and his sons
Babel : the failures of civilization
Educating the fathers : Father Abraham
Educating Father Abraham : the meaning of marriage
Educating Father Abraham : the meaning of patriarchy
Inheriting the way : from father to son
The education of Isaac : from son to patriarch
The adventures of Jacob : the taming of the shrewd
Brotherhood and piety : facing Esau, seeing God
Politics and piety : Jacob becomes Israel
The generations of Jacob : the question of leadership
Joseph the Egyptian
Joseph and his brothers : estrangement and recognition
Israel in Egypt : the way not taken
Losing Joseph, saving Israel : Jacob preserves the way.
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