Inventing God's law : how the covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi /

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Main Author: Wright, David P. 1953- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Call Number: BS1245.52 .W75 2009

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100 1 |a Wright, David P.  |q (David Pearson),  |d 1953-   |e author 
245 1 0 |a Inventing God's law :  |b how the covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi /  |c David P. Wright. 
264 1 |a Oxford ;  |a New York :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2009. 
300 |a xiv, 589 pages ;  |c 25 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
505 0 |a •Abbreviations and Special Terminology •1. Introduction: The Basic Thesis and Background •Part I. Primary Evidence for Dependence: Sequential Correspondences and Date •2. The Casuistic Laws •3. The Apodictic Laws •4. Opportunity and Date for the Use of HammurabiÆs and Other Cuneiform Laws •Part II. The Compositional Logic of the Covenant Code •5. Debt-Slavery and the Seduction of a Maiden (Exodus 21:2-11; 22:15-16) •6. Homicide, Injury, Miscarriage, and Talion (Exodus 21:12-14,18-27) •7. Child Rebellion, Kidnapping, Sorcery, Bestiality, and Illicit Sacrifice (Exodus 21:15-17; 22:17-19) •8. The Goring Ox and Negligence (Exodus 21:28-36) •9. Animal Theft, Crop Destruction, Deposit, and Burglary (Exodus 21:37-22:8) •10. Animal Injury, Death, and Rental (Exodus 22:9-14) •11. The Themes and Ideology of the Apodictic Laws (Exodus 20:23-26; 21:1; 22:20-23:19) •12. Redactional Growth in the Apodictic Laws and the Covenant Code's Relationship to the Exodus Narrative •13. Conclusions •Notes •Bibliography •Author Index •Subject Index •Text References Index  
630 0 0 |a Book of the Covenant  |x Criticism, interpretation, etc. 
630 0 0 |a Code of Hammurabi. 
630 0 0 |a Bible.  |p Old Testament  |x Extra-canonical parallels. 
650 0 |a Law, Ancient  |v Sources. 
650 0 |a Law  |z Middle East  |v Sources. 
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