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Authors: SETERS VAN
ISBN-13: 9780195153156, ISBN-10: 0195153154
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: November 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: SETERS VAN

University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill

Book Synopsis

The foundation for all study of biblical law is the assumption that the Covenant Code is the oldest legal code in the Hebrew Bible and that all other laws are revisions of that code. This book sets forth the radical hypothesis that those laws in the covenant code that are similar to Deuteronomy and the Holiness Code are in fact later than both of these, and therefore can't be taken as the foundation of Hebrew Law.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Introduction3
1The History of Research on the Covenant Code8
2The Framework of the Covenant Code47
3The Civil Laws, or Mishpatim82
4Ethical Demands and Religious Obligations128
Summary and Conclusion172
Notes177
Bibliography207
Author Index217
Subject Index221
Scriptural and Other Sources Index227

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