Books by Jacques Berlinerblau

A study of Martin Bernal's """"Black Athena"""", which explored the Afroasiatic roots of classical civilization and caused controversy among Afrocentrists and Classicists alike. It includes a discussion of Bernal's critique of the research university and a reconstruction of his """"sociology of knowledge"""".

In one of the most insightful, provocative, and witty books yet to explore the fascinating relationship between the Bible and American politics, author Jacques Berlinerblau looks at how the left, right, and everyone in between have used and misused the Bible to advance their political causes and careers. In this engaging book, Berlinerblau...

Berlinerblau argues that in order to procure reliable historical information about ''popular religious groups'' (such as women, non-privileged economic strata, heterodox elements) we must search for what he calls ''implicit evidence'': mundane details regarding the vow which the biblical writers tacitly assumed and hence unknowingly bequeathed to posterity. By piecing together these strands of implicit evidence the author attempts to reconstruct the basic norms of the Israelite votive system. In so doing, he explains why certain ''popular religious groups'' were attracted to this particular practice.