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Article: Israel and Its Bible: A Political Analysis.
- Article from:
- American Political Science Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
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Israel and Its Bible: A Political Analysis. By Ira Sharkansky. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996. 313p. $45.00.
Ira Sharkansky follows the tradition of such political scientists as Steven A. Brams, Daniel J. Elazar, Michael Walzer, and Aaron B. Wildavsky to study the Hebrew Bible to draw political insights from a book filled with wisdom, inspiration, and ambiguities. He also draws upon his own previous book (Ancient and Modern Israel, 1991), in which some of his arguments were originally formulated. Although Israel and Its Bible is filled with complex and often brilliant arguments, its basic theses are simple. First, "the political culture of modern Israel reflects ...