A Law Book for the Diaspora: Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code. By John Van Seters
Although some issues remain unresolved, it is widely agreed among specialists today that the laws in the so-called ‘Book of the Covenant’ (Exod. 20:22 – 23:33) did not form part of one of the main sources of the Pentateuch, that they originated in the land of Canaan, and that they are older than the...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 214-216 |
| Review of: | A law book for the diaspora (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2003) (Davies, Graham I.)
A law book for the diaspora (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2003) (Davies, Graham I.) |
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| Summary: | Although some issues remain unresolved, it is widely agreed among specialists today that the laws in the so-called ‘Book of the Covenant’ (Exod. 20:22 – 23:33) did not form part of one of the main sources of the Pentateuch, that they originated in the land of Canaan, and that they are older than the laws in Deuteronomy and are in fact one of the oldest collections of law in the Old Testament. All three of these tenets are denied by John Van Seters in his new book: as the title shows, he holds that this law book was written for exiles, and he attributes it to the Yahwist source (J), which he has argued elsewhere to be a product of the Neo-Babylonian period in the sixth century bc. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm175 |