Death of the Covenant Code: Capital Punishment in Old Greek Exodus in Light of Greco-Egyptian Law
Title | Death of the Covenant Code: Capital Punishment in Old Greek Exodus in Light of Greco-Egyptian Law PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Korytko |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2023-10-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 900468204X |
Many laws in the Old Greek translation of the Covenant Code do not say the same thing as the Hebrew text. In the past, various idiosyncrasies in the Greek translation of laws that involve the death penalty had been glossed over and considered stylistic variations or grammatical outliers. However, when the text-linguistic features of the Greek translation are compared to contemporary literary, documentary, and legal Greek sources, new readings emerge: cursing a parent is no longer punishable by death; a law about bestiality becomes a law about animal husbandry; the authority of certain legal commands is deregulated. This work explores these and other new readings in comparison with contemporary Greco-Egyptian law.
Death of the Covenant Code
Title | Death of the Covenant Code PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Korytko |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022 |
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Themes and Texts, Exodus and Beyond
Title | Themes and Texts, Exodus and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Robert J. V. Hiebert |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2024-01-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 056770551X |
This volume of essays is focused on the significance of the book of Exodus for studies in the Septuagint, Second Temple Jewish literature, the New Testament, and Christian theology. A diverse group of scholars from various parts of the world, many of whom are well-known in their fields, employs a range of methodologies in the treatment of text-critical, linguistic, literary, historical, cultural, exegetical, intertextual, and theological topics. Parts of the relevant literary corpus that are dealt with in relation to the book of Exodus include Genesis, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Zechariah, 3 Maccabees, the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, the Epistles of 1 Thessalonians, Hebrews, and 1 Peter, as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls. This book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students in the areas of biblical and theological studies, as well as clergy. The distinguished contributors include Emanuel Tov, Albert Pietersma, Daniela Scialabba, Craig A. Evans, James M. Scott, Martin G. Abegg Jr., and Wolfgang Kraus.
The Sound of Sheer Silence and the Killing State
Title | The Sound of Sheer Silence and the Killing State PDF eBook |
Author | Millard Lind |
Publisher | Studies in Peace and Scripture |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Religion |
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This book unambiguously opposes capital punishment as the immoral act of "the killing state." Lind traces Yahweh's saving action and steadfast love for Israel and the world from Moses to Elijah to Jesus, and shows how they are to be emulated on the societal level by obedience to covenant law. This leads to his conclusion that capital punishment is to be opposed because from the perspective of the God revealed in the Bible-determined in Lind's view by the careful reading of the text he has attempted here-capital punishment is simply wrong.
The End of Sacrifice
Title | The End of Sacrifice PDF eBook |
Author | John Howard Yoder |
Publisher | MennoMedia, Inc. |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2011-09-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0836197151 |
John Howard Yoder (1927-1997), who was a professor at Notre Dame University and Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, was one of the 20th century's leading theologians. Scholars continue to study his writings on pacifism and other subjects. The End of Sacrifice brings together four decades of Yoder's published and unpublished writings on capital punishment. He engaged in sophisticated biblical, sociological, and historical analysis in order to demonstrate that from ancient society until today capital punishment is an inherently cultic sacrificial rite. Since the death of Jesus brought a decisive end to all sacrifices for sin, Yoder argues, Christians should proclaim the abolition of the death penalty. Its advocates should no longer claim biblical validation. In doing so, Yoder also makes a persuasive case for proactive Christian witness to the state. He calls the church to proclaim the end of sacrifice to public officials who are responsible for carrying out capital punishment. "John Howard Yoder was unique in how he brings together both the biblical and sociological roots of the practice of capital punishment. Many Christian works focus on the former, whereas other works focus exclusively on the latter."—John C. Nugent
The Penalty of Death Retained for Curel Atrocities
Title | The Penalty of Death Retained for Curel Atrocities PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Carr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1841 |
Genre | Capital punishment |
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A Law Book for the Diaspora
Title | A Law Book for the Diaspora PDF eBook |
Author | John Van Seters |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2002-11-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0190288388 |
The foundation for all study of biblical law is the assumption that the Covenant Code is the oldest legal code in the Hebrew Bible and that all other laws are revisions of that code. This book sets forth the radical hypothesis that those laws in the covenant code that are similar to Deuteronomy and the Holiness Code are in fact later than both of these, and therefore can't be taken as the foundation of Hebrew Law.