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An introduction to biblical law / William S. Morrow. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Publishing Company, (c)2017.Description: xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802868657
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BM520.M883.I587 2017
  • BM520
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Contents:
Introduction: water from Sinai -- The laws in scripture: dates and origins -- Biblical law: Mosaic or a mosaic? -- Approaches to the law: text and context
The ten commandments: introduction -- The second commandment: revealing the nature of God
The covenant code: introduction -- Restoration or revenge? the case of the goring ox -- The Bible and slavery: humanitarian concerns
Priestly and holiness law: introduction -- The Tabernacle: a palace in the wilderness -- Sacrifice: communication and community-making -- Gift offerings: commitment and belonging -- Hazards of the holy life 1: debt offerings -- Hazards of the holy life 2: food, death, sex, and birth -- The holiness code: crops, tattoos, and loving your neighbor -- Jubilee: utopia or practicality?
Deuteronomy: introduction -- Covenant theology and religious intolerance: Israel and the Canaanites -- Revolution: centralization of the cult -- Justice at the gates: capital crimes and judicial reform -- The limits of social solidarity: women in Deuteronomic law.
Subject: Informed, accessible textbook on law collections in the Pentateuch In this book William Morrow surveys four major law collections in Exodus-Deuteronomy and shows how they each enabled the people of Israel to create and sustain a community of faith. Treating biblical law as dynamic systems of thought facilitating ancient Israel's efforts at self-definition, Morrow describes four different social contexts that gave rise to biblical law: (1) Israel at the holy mountain (the Ten Commandments); (2) Israel in the village assembly (Exodus 20:22-23:19); (3) Israel in the courts of the Lord (priestly and holiness rules in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers); and (4) Israel in the city (Deuteronomy). Including forthright discussion of such controversial subjects as slavery, revenge, gender inequality, religious intolerance, and contradictions between bodies of biblical law, Morrow's study will help students and other serious readers make sense out of texts in the Pentateuch that are often seen as obscure. Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Biblical-Law-William-Morrow/dp/0802868657/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9780802868657&qid=1571078370&sr=8-1
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BM520.3.M677.L39 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001690508

Part I: Thinking about biblical law -- Introduction: water from Sinai -- The laws in scripture: dates and origins -- Biblical law: Mosaic or a mosaic? -- Approaches to the law: text and context

Part II: Israel at the holy mountain -- The ten commandments: introduction -- The second commandment: revealing the nature of God

Part III: Israel in the village assembly -- The covenant code: introduction -- Restoration or revenge? the case of the goring ox -- The Bible and slavery: humanitarian concerns

Part IV: Israel in the courts of the Lord -- Priestly and holiness law: introduction -- The Tabernacle: a palace in the wilderness -- Sacrifice: communication and community-making -- Gift offerings: commitment and belonging -- Hazards of the holy life 1: debt offerings -- Hazards of the holy life 2: food, death, sex, and birth -- The holiness code: crops, tattoos, and loving your neighbor -- Jubilee: utopia or practicality?

Part V: Israel in the city -- Deuteronomy: introduction -- Covenant theology and religious intolerance: Israel and the Canaanites -- Revolution: centralization of the cult -- Justice at the gates: capital crimes and judicial reform -- The limits of social solidarity: women in Deuteronomic law.

Informed, accessible textbook on law collections in the Pentateuch In this book William Morrow surveys four major law collections in Exodus-Deuteronomy and shows how they each enabled the people of Israel to create and sustain a community of faith. Treating biblical law as dynamic systems of thought facilitating ancient Israel's efforts at self-definition, Morrow describes four different social contexts that gave rise to biblical law: (1) Israel at the holy mountain (the Ten Commandments); (2) Israel in the village assembly (Exodus 20:22-23:19); (3) Israel in the courts of the Lord (priestly and holiness rules in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers); and (4) Israel in the city (Deuteronomy). Including forthright discussion of such controversial subjects as slavery, revenge, gender inequality, religious intolerance, and contradictions between bodies of biblical law, Morrow's study will help students and other serious readers make sense out of texts in the Pentateuch that are often seen as obscure. Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Biblical-Law-William-Morrow/dp/0802868657/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9780802868657&qid=1571078370&sr=8-1

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