The Genesis of Justice Quotes

“Religion is not a panacea for all of life’s tragedies.”
― Alan M. Dershowitz, The Genesis of Justice: Ten Stories of Biblical Injustice that Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Morality and Law

“Within the Jewish tradition there are different kinds of biblical commentary: pshat, literal translation; drash, rabbinic explication; remez, symbolic interpretation; and sod, secret or mystical meaning.”
― Alan M. Dershowitz, The Genesis of Justice: Ten Stories of Biblical Injustice that Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Morality and Law

“The Jewish Bible teaches about justice largely through examples of injustice and imperfection. 5 Genesis challenges the reader to react, to think for him- or herself, even to disagree.”
― Alan M. Dershowitz, The Genesis of Justice: Ten Stories of Biblical Injustice that Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Morality and Law