Law and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near East
Title | Law and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near East PDF eBook |
Author | George E. Mendenhall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | Covenant theology |
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Debt-Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East
Title | Debt-Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory C. Chirichigno |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 409 |
Release | 1993-06-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781850753599 |
This original study concerns itself with the manumission laws of Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 15 and Leviticus 25. It begins with the social background to debt slavery and the socioeconomic factors encouraging the rise of debt slavery in Mesopotamia. After a comparative analysis of the Mesopotamian and biblical material Chirichigno examines the social background to debt slavery in Israel, the various slave laws in the Pentateuch (in order to delimit the chattel-slave laws from the debt-slave laws), and the biblical manumission laws themselves.
Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Title | Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East PDF eBook |
Author | Victor H. Matthews |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2004-11-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780567080981 |
This striking new contribution to gender studies demonstrates the essential role of Israelite and Near East law in the historical analysis of gender. The theme of these studies of Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, and Israelite law is this: What is the significance of gender in the formulation of ancient law and custom? Feminist scholarship is enriched by these studies in family history and the status of women in antiquity. At the same time, conventional legal history is repositioned, as new and classical texts are interpreted from the vantage point of feminist theory and social history. Papers from SBL Biblical Law Section form the core of this collection.
Debt-slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East
Title | Debt-slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory Chirichigno |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 1993-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1850753598 |
This original study concerns itself with the manumission laws of Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 15 and Leviticus 25. It begins with the social background to debt slavery and the socioeconomic factors encouraging the rise of debt slavery in Mesopotamia. After a comparative analysis of the Mesopotamian and biblical material Chirichigno examines the social background to debt slavery in Israel, the various slave laws in the Pentateuch (in order to delimit the chattel-slave laws from the debt-slave laws), and the biblical manumission laws themselves.
The Place of the Law in the Religion of Ancient Israel
Title | The Place of the Law in the Religion of Ancient Israel PDF eBook |
Author | Moshe Weinfeld |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2004-05-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9047402952 |
Over a hundred years ago, Wellhausen's revolutionary aim in his "Prolegomena" was to prove that the Priestly legal sections of the Pentateuch reflect postexilic Judaism and must be considered a deviation from the prophetic religion which preceded it. The present study points out the biased assumptions underlying Wellhausen's theory and the fallacies in this thesis. A strong case is made for the antiquity of the Priestly Code and its antedating the Book of Deuteronomy in light of many parallels between the Priestly Law and ritual texts from the Ancient Near East, and an examination of the mythic outlook in P which distinguishes it from both Deuteronomy and Second Isaiah.
Everyday Law in Biblical Israel
Title | Everyday Law in Biblical Israel PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond Westbrook |
Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2009-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0664234976 |
Introduction -- Sources -- Litigation -- Status and family -- Crimes and delicts -- Property and inheritance -- Contracts -- Conclusion
Law and convetant in Israel and the ancient Near East
Title | Law and convetant in Israel and the ancient Near East PDF eBook |
Author | George E. Mendenhall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 1955 |
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