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Set in stone : America's embrace of the Ten Commandments

By Joselit , Jenna Weissman

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
0190253193, 978-0-19-025319-6, 9780190253202, 0190253207
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9929715 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
232\233
Time added
2017-04-22 03:00:00
Ten commandments;Miscellanea;Ten commandments;Unit

Description

Through a series of deftly-rendered vignettes, prominent historian Jenna Weissman Joselit offers a compelling and fresh-eyed perspective on the Ten Commandments, situating them within the context of modern America. Rich in incident and in colorful personalities of the 19th and 20th centuries, her account shows that the Ten Commandments are not cast in stone but a fertile repository of American history. Abstract: Through a series of deftly-rendered vignettes, prominent historian Jenna Weissman Joselit offers a compelling and fresh-eyed perspective on the Ten Commandments, situating them within the context of modern America. Rich in incident and in colorful personalities of the 19th and 20th centuries, her account shows that the Ten Commandments are not cast in stone but a fertile repository of American history

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