Moses and political theology -- Machiavelli and Hebrew scripture -- Spinoza and the theological imaginary -- The Mosaic constitution in England: sovereignty, government, literature,1590-1630 -- Marlowe and the counter-reformation -- Drayton and the plague -- Political making, literary making, 1651-1671 -- Marvell's Mosaic moment -- Harrington's poetics of government -- Paradise regained and the limits of toleration