The Beginning of Politics - by Moshe Halbertal & Stephen Holmes (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>How the book of Samuel offers a timeless meditation on the dilemmas of statecraft</b> <p/>The book of Samuel is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme achievements of biblical literature. Yet the book's anonymous author was more than an inspired storyteller. The author was also an uncannily astute observer of political life and the moral compromises and contradictions that the struggle for power inevitably entails. <i>The Beginning of Politics</i> mines the story of Israel's first two kings to unearth a natural history of power, providing a forceful new reading of what is arguably the first and greatest work of Western political thought. <p/>Through stories such as Saul's madness, David's murder of Uriah, the rape of Tamar, and the rebellion of Absalom, the author of Samuel deepens our understanding not only of the necessity of sovereign rule but also of its costs--to the people it is intended to protect and to those who wield it. Moshe Halbertal and Stephen Holmes show how these beautifully crafted narratives cut to the core of politics, offering a timely meditation on the dark side of sovereign power and the enduring dilemmas of statecraft.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>"By treating the author of Samuel as an ancient Machiavelli, Halbertal and Holmes enable readers to approach the biblical story in a new way while enhancing their understanding of the workings of political survival and the dynamics of power."<b>--Steven Weitzman, author of <i>Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom</i></b></p><p>"For Halbertal and Holmes, the author of Samuel is a writer of singular political insight, a brilliant student of politics, and indeed, a political theorist avant la lettre. This is a wonderful discovery. <i>The Beginning of Politics</i> is a work of deep and original scholarship."<b>--Michael Walzer, author of <i>In God's Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bible</i></b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>World's 2017 Book of the Year in "History"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Moshe Halbertal</b> is the Gruss Professor of Law at New York University and the John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. <b>Stephen Holmes</b> is the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law at New York University.
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