A Bible for the Liberal

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Open Road Media, Feb 22, 2022 - Philosophy - 368 pages
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The ethical teachings of Judaism and Christianity are presented in distilled form in this concise volume of Biblical writings.
 
A Bible for the Liberal is not a new book. It is, rather, a selection of the principles of ethics, taken from all biblical literature, including the Hebrew Books of Wisdom and The Apocrypha, without the usual mythological and ritualistic framework.
 
In these selections, philosopher Dagobert D. Runes presents what he calls “the essence of true Judaism and Christianity.” The believer, as well as the non-believer, will be able to find in this book the essential ethics of the great law-givers and prophets of biblical times.
 

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Contents

Title Page
From the Book of Law of the Israelites
The Ballad of
From the Book of Psalms
The Parables of King Solomon
The Vision of Isaiah the Martyr
The Writings of Jesus son of Sirach
From the Gospel of Levi Gospel of Matthew
A Letter by Saul Paul the Apostle
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About the author (2022)

Dagobert D. Runes was born in Zastavna, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine), and received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna in 1924. In 1926 he emigrated to the United States, where he became editor of the Modern Thinker and later Current Digest. From 1931 to 1934 he was director of the Institute for Advanced Education in New York City, and in 1941 he founded the Philosophical Library, a spiritual organization and publishing house.

Runes published an English translation of Karl Marx’s On the Jewish Question under the title A World Without Jews, featuring an introduction that was clearly antagonistic to extreme Marxism and “its materialism,” yet he did not entirely negate Marxist theory. He also edited several works presenting the ideas and history of philosophy to a general audience, including his Dictionary of Philosophy.

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TitleA Bible for the Liberal
AuthorDagobert D. Runes
PublisherOpen Road Media, 2022
ISBN1504074734, 9781504074735
Length368 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Philosophy / Free Will & Determinism
Philosophy / General
Philosophy / Good & Evil
Religion / Biblical Meditations / New Testament
Religion / Biblical Meditations / Old Testament
  
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