Robert Burt (1939–2015)
Auteur de The Constitution in Conflict
A propos de l'auteur
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Do not combine with R. A. Burt, who is a different author.
Œuvres de Robert Burt
Death Is That Man Taking Names : Intersections of American Medicine, Law, and Culture (2002) 23 exemplaires
Beginnings 1 exemplaire
More Education 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Burt, Robert
- Autres noms
- Burt, Robert Amsterdam
Burt, Bo - Date de naissance
- 1939-02-03
- Date de décès
- 2015-08-03
- Lieu de naissance
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Becket, Massachusetts, USA
- Études
- University of Oxford (MA|Jurisprudence|1968)
Yale University (JD|1964)
Princeton University (BA|1960) - Professions
- legal scholar
law school professor - Organisations
- Yale University
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Do not combine with R. A. Burt, who is a different author.
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Membres
- 88
- Popularité
- #209,356
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 17
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 1
Robert Burt is a Law Professor at Yale and teaches Political Theory. He is also the son and grandson of Orthodox Rabbis (Cohanim, no less) with a solid Jewish background who now considers himself (I believe) to be a Secular Jew.
He reads the Hebrew and Christian Bibles as telling a unified tale, and brings meaning and depth to the apparent contradictions within and between the two. It is indeed in these contradictions that we learn most about the perpetual conflict between God and Humanity, and what that conflict teaches us about each.
He then looks at the unified Bible from the perspective of political and legal theory, and sees how each are based on this 3000+ year old conflict.
Burt brings a fresh reading and a unique perspective for both Jewish and Christian readers.… (plus d'informations)