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Empire and God: Do They Mix? (Out of Babylon, Brueggemann 1)

Political Philosophy

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Exile and Return Is a Major Theme in Bergman's Book

Bergman says the Israelites saw Nebuchadnezzar as a tool and an agent of Yahweh or God. This is very reminiscent of what came later as Christianity developed all throughout the Middle Ages, he says. Empire can be used by God according to this Old Testament way of thinking, Bergman writes.

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