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Legal revision and religious renewal in ancient Israel / Bernard M. Levinson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levinson, Bernard M. (Bernard Malcolm)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Bible. Old Testament--Historiography.
- Punishment--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Punishment.
- Punishment (Jewish law).
- God (Judaism)--Righteousness.
- God (Judaism).
- God (Judaism)--History of doctrines.
- Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.
- Judaism.
- History.
- Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 206 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Biblical studies as the meeting point of the humanities
- Rethinking the relation between "canon" and "exegesis"
- The problem of innovation within the formative canon
- The reworking of the principle of transgenerational punishment: four case studies
- The canon as sponsor of innovation
- The phenomenon of rewriting within the Hebrew Bible: a bibliographic essay on inner-biblical exegesis in the history of scholarship.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0521513448
- 9780521513449
- OCLC:
- 226984679
- Publisher Number:
- 99935587014
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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