American Zion : the Old Testament as a political text from the Revolution to the Civil War /
Shalev, Eran, 1970-
American Zion : the Old Testament as a political text from the Revolution to the Civil War / Eran Shalev. - New Haven, Conn. ; London, U.K. : Yale University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-229) and index.
"The Jewish Cincinnatus" : Biblical Republicanism in the Age of the American Revolution -- "The United Tribes, or States of Israel" : The Hebrew Republic as a Political Model before the Civil War -- "A Truly American Spirit of Writing" : Pseudobiblicism, the Early Republic, and the Cultural Origins of the Book of Mormon -- Tribes Lost and Found : Israelites in Nineteenth-Century America -- Evangelicalism, Slavery, and the Decline of an Old Testament Nation -- Conclusion: Beyond Old Testamentism : The New Israel after the Civil War.
The Bible has always been an integral part of American political culture. Yet in the years before the Civil War, it was the Old Testament that influenced political rhetoric. This book explores how this powerful predicliction for Old Testament narratives & rhetoric shaped a wide range of debates & cultural discussions.
9780300188417 0300188412
22573/ctt300633 JSTOR
Bible.--Old Testament--Political aspects.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament.
1775-1865
Bible and politics--History.--United States
Nationalism--History.--United States
Political culture--History.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
Bible and politics.
Nationalism.
Political culture.
Politics and government
International relations.
Religion.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
United States--Religion.
United States--Relations--Israel.
Israel--Relations--United States.
Israel.
United States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
E302.1 / .S525 2013
322/.10973
American Zion : the Old Testament as a political text from the Revolution to the Civil War / Eran Shalev. - New Haven, Conn. ; London, U.K. : Yale University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-229) and index.
"The Jewish Cincinnatus" : Biblical Republicanism in the Age of the American Revolution -- "The United Tribes, or States of Israel" : The Hebrew Republic as a Political Model before the Civil War -- "A Truly American Spirit of Writing" : Pseudobiblicism, the Early Republic, and the Cultural Origins of the Book of Mormon -- Tribes Lost and Found : Israelites in Nineteenth-Century America -- Evangelicalism, Slavery, and the Decline of an Old Testament Nation -- Conclusion: Beyond Old Testamentism : The New Israel after the Civil War.
The Bible has always been an integral part of American political culture. Yet in the years before the Civil War, it was the Old Testament that influenced political rhetoric. This book explores how this powerful predicliction for Old Testament narratives & rhetoric shaped a wide range of debates & cultural discussions.
9780300188417 0300188412
22573/ctt300633 JSTOR
Bible.--Old Testament--Political aspects.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament.
1775-1865
Bible and politics--History.--United States
Nationalism--History.--United States
Political culture--History.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
Bible and politics.
Nationalism.
Political culture.
Politics and government
International relations.
Religion.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
United States--Religion.
United States--Relations--Israel.
Israel--Relations--United States.
Israel.
United States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
E302.1 / .S525 2013
322/.10973