Making a case: the practical roots of biblical law
'Making a Case' challenges the long-held notion that Israelite and Judahite scribes either made use of "old" law collections or set out to produce law collections in the Near Eastern sense of the genre. Sara J. Milstein instead proposes that what we call "biblical law"...
| Σύνοψη: | 'Making a Case' challenges the long-held notion that Israelite and Judahite scribes either made use of "old" law collections or set out to produce law collections in the Near Eastern sense of the genre. Sara J. Milstein instead proposes that what we call "biblical law" is closer in form and function to another, oft-neglected Mesopotamian genre: legal-pedagogical texts. |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 2, 2021) |
| ISBN: | 0190911832 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190911805.001.0001 |