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Canonical name
Burt, Robert
Other names
Burt, Robert Amsterdam
Burt, Bo
Birthdate
1939-02-03
Date of death
2015-08-03
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of death
Becket, Massachusetts, USA
Education
University of Oxford (MA|Jurisprudence|1968)
Yale University (JD|1964)
Princeton University (BA|1960)
Occupations
legal scholar
law school professor
Organizations
Yale University
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Do not combine with R. A. Burt, who is a different author.

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A complex book.

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.
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