Weissman Joselit Jenna Set in Stone: America`s Embrace of the Ten Commandments 9780190253196

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Автор: Weissman Joselit Jenna
Название: Set in Stone: America`s Embrace of the Ten Commandments
ISBN: 9780190253196
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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История Америк

Христианская теология

Христанская жизнь и культовая практика Христианства

ISBN-10: 0190253193
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 232
Вес: 0.36 кг.
Дата издания: 01.05.2017
Язык: English
Размер: 222 x 150 x 22
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
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Описание: The Ten Commandments need no introduction-what more is there to know about the divine dos and donts? According to Jenna Weissman Joselits imaginative and vivid account, theres a lot more to this ancient biblical code than Moses and Mount Sinai. Situating the Ten Commandments within the context of modern America, Rock Solid takes the reader on a sweeping journey through history to reveal the surprising influence of the scriptural directives on the formation of Americas national identity.
Stripped of their sanctified context in the unpredictable terrain of the New World, the Commandments readily attracted intense, heated public debates, sending shockwaves through religious and secular cultures alike. When an exceedingly ancient version of the Ten Commandments-or so it was claimed-turned up on a boulder in central Ohio on the eve of the Civil War, they provoked wonder, pride and a whiff of mystery, too. In a different instance, the presence of a circularly shaped Ten Commandments in a stained glass window nearly split one New York synagogue congregation asunder. Still other stories explore what happened when the Decalogue became the darling of Hollywood in the hands of director Cecil B. DeMille, or, in an equally startling turn, a handmaiden to therapy .
Rich in story and inhabited by a lively cast of characters whose ranks include forgers and filmmakers, architects and archaeologists, ordinary citizens and politicians, Rock Solid compels us to take a closer look at the Ten Commandments and see them afresh. Through a series of deftly rendered vignettes, this compelling account recasts the cultural impact of the Ten Commandments in American society not as a legal code or theological imperative, but as a fertile repository of American history with a defining impact on the countrys cultural imagination to the current day.

Set in Stone: America`s Embrace of the Ten Commandments, Weissman Joselit Jenna