Inventing God's law: how the covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi
David Wright argues that the so-called Covenant Collection of the Torah (Exodus 20:23-23:19) is chiefly the work of a single author, is the result of intellectual interaction with the author's sources & it may have had a politically ideological purpose, somewhat similar to that of the Laws...
| Summary: | David Wright argues that the so-called Covenant Collection of the Torah (Exodus 20:23-23:19) is chiefly the work of a single author, is the result of intellectual interaction with the author's sources & it may have had a politically ideological purpose, somewhat similar to that of the Laws of Hammurabi |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 019986683X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304756.001.0001 |