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American Zion : the Old Testament as a political text from the Revolution to the Civil War / Eran Shalev.

By: Publication details: New Haven, Conn. ; London, U.K. : Yale University Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300188417
  • 0300188412
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American Zion.DDC classification:
  • 322/.10973 23
LOC classification:
  • E302.1 .S525 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
"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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library JSTOR (Purchased titles) Online E302.1 .S525 2013 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available online - NMC Login required 2018-263399

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.

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