Authors: SETERS VAN
ISBN-13: 9780195153156, ISBN-10: 0195153154
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: November 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
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.
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Introduction | 3 | |
1 | The History of Research on the Covenant Code | 8 |
2 | The Framework of the Covenant Code | 47 |
3 | The Civil Laws, or Mishpatim | 82 |
4 | Ethical Demands and Religious Obligations | 128 |
Summary and Conclusion | 172 | |
Notes | 177 | |
Bibliography | 207 | |
Author Index | 217 | |
Subject Index | 221 | |
Scriptural and Other Sources Index | 227 |