Jerusalem and Athens (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) (Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham) (Book Review)

By Modern Age

Release Date: 2005-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines

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The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis, by Leon Kass, New York: Free Press, 2003. 700 pp. Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham, by Thomas Pangle, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. 285 pp.

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