on his behalf (NB: If God is a loving Father, then “rule” here does not mean plunder but lead for good ends, just as God himself leads his people). The notion that everyone, whether rich or poor, strong or weak, educated or not, bears the divine image has inspired the long Western tradition, unknown in pagan history, of regarding human beings as inalienably precious whatever their utility in the world. BOOK NOTES Nicholas Wolterstorff of Yale University has written a terrific book outlining the history