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History Against Literature

Situating God: A Biography among other books.

A talk given at Samuelson Chapel, California Lutheran University, March 10,

"God: A Biography might be described very loosely as a formalist reading of the Bible offered as an alternative to an overwhelmingly dominant intentionalist school of Bible reading. "

Over the past year or two, especially since winning the Pulitzer Prize at about this time last year, I have received more lecture invitations than I had previously received in my entire checkered career, but this particular invitation is a bit special, for I am invited not to spend an hour but to spend a day with you here in a place that takes history, literature, religion, and the Bible with lively, cross-disciplinary seriousness.  I look forward with real pleasure to the day's conversations.

The starting point for these conversations is the book that won the prize, my book God: A Biography.  But what I proposed to Prof. Deborah Sills some months ago as the topic for this morning's symposium is a larger topic: "History Against Literature."  Why "History Against Literature"?

Here's why.  You are going to hear this morning a number of reactions to God: A Biography.  "History Against Literatur

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Covenantal Rights: A Study in Jewish Political Theory

"This will be a reference point for all those seeking a profound Jewish consideration of issues in political theory for years to come. It will be read with profit not only by those interested in the Jewish political tradition, but also by moral philosophers, students of Jewish theology, and anyone concerned with the contemporary debate on religion and public affairs."—Alan Mittleman, Muhlenberg College

"In preparing this book, Novak has had the insight, grace, and fortune to construct one of those concepts that reorganize and recenter academic debates in a given field. Here it is the concept of 'covenantal rights,' which he offers as an alternative to both liberal natural rights theory and neo-conservative communitarianism The book reflects the depth and breadth of Novak's research and thinking both inside and outside the Jewish tradition."—Peter W. Ochs, University of Virginia