The Ten Commandments in History : Mosaic Paradigms for a Well-Ordered Society Paperback - 2004
by Kuntz, Paul Grimley
- Used
Description
Details
- Title The Ten Commandments in History : Mosaic Paradigms for a Well-Ordered Society
- Author Kuntz, Paul Grimley
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st paperback.
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 226
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-01-19
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 927421-6
- ISBN 9780802826602 / 0802826601
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.36 x 0.64 in (23.52 x 16.15 x 1.63 cm)
-
Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003064205
- Dewey Decimal Code 222.160
About Better World Books Indiana, United States
Better World Books is the world's leading socially conscious online bookseller and has sold over 100 million books. Each sale generates funds for global literacy and education initiatives. We offer low prices, fast shipping, and have a 100% money back guarantee, if you are not completely satisfied.
Better World Books wants every single one of its customers to be happy with their purchase. If you are not satisfied your purchase or simply find out that it was not the book you were looking for, please e-mail us at: help@betterworldbooks.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible with directions on how to return the book to our warehouse. Please keep in mind that because we deal mostly in used books, any extra components, such as CDs or access codes, are usually not included. CDs: If the book does include a CD, it will be noted in the book's description ("With CD!"). Otherwise, there is no CD included, even if the term is used in the book's title. Access Codes: Unless the book is described as "New," please assume that the book does *not* have an access code.
First line
From the rear cover
Paul Grimley Kuntz was a deeply religious man who not only found religious profundity in the Decalogue but also was convinced that it offers the most reasonable paradigm for a well-ordered society. Decrying the loss of the true meaning of the Decalogue in modern times, Kuntz spent the last decade of his life preparing this book, his magnum opus, on the Decalogue. In his research and writing he left no stone unturned, considering the Decalogue and the history of its use from every conceivable angle.
In "The Ten Commandments in History" Kuntz passionately argues that the Ten Commandments are universal principles of social order that have to be applied in concrete circumstances in order for their meaning to be fully understood. In a nearly seamless discourse about the tradition of the Ten Commandments, Kuntz engages the thought of more than twenty philosophers from antiquity to modernity, showing how great minds adapted the Decalogue to the needs of their particular age. Among the figures treated in the book are Philo, Aquinas, Wycliffe, Luther, Calvin, Hobbes, Locke, Edwards, Kant, Jefferson, Montaigne, Pascal, Hegel, and Nietzsche. By demonstrating the crucial role of the Decalogue in the history of ideas, Kuntz hoped that readers would find a new reverence for the Ten Commandments and once again value their place in civil society.
