Subject: Re: israelite monotheism and isonomia
From: Jascha Kessler (jkessler@ucla.edu)
Date: Sun Sep 19 2004 - 19:57:45 EDT
Landes writes: " the mosaic code seems set up to establish and maintain a society of free peasants who eat meat, and to their fill. this is definitely not the norm of most agricultural societies." However, if the code as originally set down from Upstairs, is what is being discussed, the society is one of warrior/nomads, when transformed during the flight from Egypt and the preparation for 40 years for the incursion upon Canaanite society. That would be their original norm, perhaps. Jascha Kessler On Sep 19, 2004, at 7:54 AM, Richard Landes wrote: > the mosaic code seems set up to establish and maintain a society of > free peasants who eat meat, and to their fill. this is definitely not > the norm of most agricultural societies. > Jascha Kessler Professor of English & Modern Literature, UCLA Telephone: (310) 393-4648 Telephone/Facsimile: (530) 684-5120 http://www.jaschakessler.com/ http://www.xlibris.com
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