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Joshua A. Berman


The Biblical Origins of Equality
The Torah as the constitution of an egalitarian polity.
Summer 5769 / 2009, no. 37

God's Alliance with Man
By adopting the features of ancient treaties, the Bible effected a revolution in the way we relate to God and to each other.
Summer 5766 / 2006, no. 25

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