Blasphemy: verbal offense against the sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie

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A legal historian reviews the history of blasphemy, from Moses to Rushdie, showing what forms of speech societies have found intolerable, tracing the changing meanings of blasphemy, and discussing the costs and benefits of free speech.

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