Wisdom-laws : a study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16 /
Jackson, Bernard S.
Wisdom-laws : a study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16 / [print] Bernard S. Jackson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)2006. - xv, 552 pages ; 24 cm
Wisdom-Laws Law and wisdom in biblical scholarship Slavery Homicide Assault The pregnant woman victim Maltreatment of slaves The goring ox Theft Agricultural delicts "Bailment" Seduction Towards an institutional history of the mishpatim From practical wisdom to literary artifice : towards a literary history of the mishpatim.
"The 'Mishpatim' of Exodus 21-22 are generally regarded as the earliest collection of Biblical laws. Bernard S. Jackson analyses these laws in detail, considers their relationship to both the Israelite wisdom tradition and the laws of the Ancient Near East, and offers a view of their literary and institutional history."--Jacket.
9780198269311 0198269315
9780198269311
2006618888
GBA603653 bnb GBA603653 dnb
013353999 Uk
Bible.--Exodus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jewish law.
Kommentar.
BS1245.52.W573 2006 BS1245.52.J12.W573 2006
Wisdom-laws : a study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16 / [print] Bernard S. Jackson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)2006. - xv, 552 pages ; 24 cm
Wisdom-Laws Law and wisdom in biblical scholarship Slavery Homicide Assault The pregnant woman victim Maltreatment of slaves The goring ox Theft Agricultural delicts "Bailment" Seduction Towards an institutional history of the mishpatim From practical wisdom to literary artifice : towards a literary history of the mishpatim.
"The 'Mishpatim' of Exodus 21-22 are generally regarded as the earliest collection of Biblical laws. Bernard S. Jackson analyses these laws in detail, considers their relationship to both the Israelite wisdom tradition and the laws of the Ancient Near East, and offers a view of their literary and institutional history."--Jacket.
9780198269311 0198269315
9780198269311
2006618888
GBA603653 bnb GBA603653 dnb
013353999 Uk
Bible.--Exodus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jewish law.
Kommentar.
BS1245.52.W573 2006 BS1245.52.J12.W573 2006