The Authority of Law in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, Tracing the Origins of Legal Obligation from Ezra to Qumran.

The Authority of Law in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, Tracing the Origins of Legal Obligation from Ezra to Qumran.

In The Authority of Law in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism , Vroom identifies a development in the authority of written law that took place in early Judaism. Ever since Assyriologists began to recognize that the Mesopotamian law collections did not function as law codes do today-as a source of bi...

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Main Author: Jonathan Vroom

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 187.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.

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Jewish law > History > To 1500.
Authority > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Law (Theology) > Biblical teaching.

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Call Number: BM520.52 .V76 2018

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Theory and Method
  • Identifying Legal Obligation in Interpretive Sources
  • History of Research and the Need for a Legal-Theoretical Approach
  • Authority and Problem of Interpretation
  • Textual Analysis
  • Legal Interpretation in the Temple Scroll's Yom Kippur Law
  • Legal Innovation in the Samaritan Pentateuch's Covenant Code
  • Legal Rewriting in the Qumran Penal Codes
  • The Authority of the Torah in the Ezra-Nehemiah Legal Narratives
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography.