Wisdom-laws a study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16
Bernard Jackson explains how early biblical law differed from the binding rules of the courts in the present day. He shows that adjudication was originally a matter of divinely mediated fairness, while written laws used narrative images and literary devices in order to teach
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2006, 2006
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Bernard Jackson explains how early biblical law differed from the binding rules of the courts in the present day. He shows that adjudication was originally a matter of divinely mediated fairness, while written laws used narrative images and literary devices in order to teach |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 552 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191683596 0191683590 |