Beschreibung
The Hebrew Bible as one of the earliest political philosophies.
Rezension
Geoffrey P. Miller argues that the history of the Israelite people from Genesis to 2 Kings contains a well-organized, cogent, and comprehensive set of ideas about political obligation and governmental design. The Bible explores these issues, not through discursive analysis in the style of Greek philosophy, but rather through careful management of the narrative frame. Miller argues that these texts address questions central to later political thought: obligation, anarchy, patriarchy, consent, revelation, jurisprudence, sovereignty, and the comparative analysis of political institutions. Overall, the Bible endorses constitutional monarchy as the best form of government. In this sense the Bible can be considered as one of the earliest political philosophies of the western world.
Geoffrey P. Miller argues that the history of the Israelite people from Genesis to 2 Kings contains a well-organized, cogent, and comprehensive set of ideas about political obligation and governmental design.
