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  • Book: ID no. (ISBN etc.):  9780195304756 (alk. paper) BibTeX citation key:  Wright2009
    Wright, David P. 2009. Inventing God's law : how the covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi. New York: Oxford University Press.
    Added by: bandstra 2009-09-22 06:37:36
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    Categories: Hebrew Bible
    Keywords: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Bible. Extra-canonical parallels., Code of Hammurabi., Law Middle East Sources., Law, Ancient Sources.
    Creators: Wright
    Publisher: Oxford University Press (New York)

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    Notes
    2009012890 David P. Wright. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Introduction: The basic thesis and background -- Pt. 1. Primary evidence for dependence : sequential correspondences and date -- The casuistic laws -- The apodictic laws -- Date and opportunity for the use of Hammurabi's and other cuneiform laws -- Pt. 2. Compositional logic of the covenant code -- Debt-slavery and the seduction of a maiden (Exodus 21:2-11; 22:15-16) -- Homicide, injury, miscarriage, talion (Exodus 21:12, 18-27) -- Child rebellion, kidnapping, sorcery, bestiality, illicit sacrifice (Exodus 21:12-17; 22:17-19) -- The goring ox and negligence (Exodus 21:28-36) -- Animal theft, crop destruction, deposit, and burglary (Exodus 21:37-22:8) -- Animal injury, death, and rental (Exodus 22:9-14) -- The themes and ideology of the apodictic laws (Exodus 20:23-26; 21:1; 22:20-23:19) -- Redactional growth in the apodictic laws and the covenant code's relationship to the Exodus narrative -- Conclusions.
    Added by: bandstra

     


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