Inventing God's law how the covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi / David P. Wright.
| Author/creator | Wright, David P., 1953- |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | xiv, 589 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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 21:2-11; 22:15-16) -- Homicide, injury, miscarriage, and talion (Exodus 21:12-14, 18-27) -- Child rebellion, kidnapping, sorcery, bestiality, illicit sacrifice (Exodus 21:15-17; 22:17-19) -- The goring ox and negligence (Exodus 21:28-36) -- Animal theft, crop destruction, deposit, and burglary (Exodus 21:37-22:8) -- Animal injury, death, and rental (Exodus 22:9-14) -- The themes and ideology of the apodictic laws (Exodus 20:23-26; 21:1; 22:20-23:19) -- Redactional growth in the apodictic laws and the covenant code's relationship to the Exodus narrative -- Conclusions. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009012890 |
| ISBN | 9780195304756 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195304756 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |