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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Wright, David P., 1953-, Inventing God's law : how the covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi] (2010) (Holtz, Shalom E.)
[Rezension von: Wright, David P., 1953-, Inventing God's law : how the covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi] (2010) (Wells, Bruce) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Codex Hammurabi
/ Reception
/ Exodus
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Commentary
B Law, Ancient Sources B Law Middle East Sources |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| 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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| ISBN: | 019986683X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304756.001.0001 |