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

Title Proper

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

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford ; New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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David P. Wright

Text of Note

Introduction: The basic thesis and background -- Pt. 1. Primary evidence for dependence : sequential correspondences and date -- The casuistic laws -- The apodictic laws -- Opportunity and date for the use of Hammurabi's and other cuneiform laws -- Pt. 2. Compositional logic of the covenant code -- Debt-slavery and the seduction of a maiden )Exodus 12:2-11; 22:51-61( -- Homicide, injury, miscarriage, and talion )Exodus 12:21-41, 81-72( -- Child rebellion, kidnapping, sorcery, bestiality, illicit sacrifice )Exodus 12:51-71; 22:71-91( -- The goring ox and negligence )Exodus 12:82-63( -- Animal theft, crop destruction, deposit, and burglary )Exodus 12:73-22:8( -- Animal injury, death, and rental )Exodus 22:9-41( -- The themes and ideology of the apodictic laws )Exodus 02:32-62; 12:1; 22:02-32:91( -- Redactional growth in the apodictic laws and the covenant code's relationship to the Exodus narrative -- Conclusions

Entry Element

Sources ، Law, Ancient

Entry Element

Sources ، Law - Middle East

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3591-

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Wright, David P. )David Pearson(

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