Deuteronomy and the hermeneutics of legal innovation / Bernard M. Levinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levinson, Bernard M. (Bernard Malcolm), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Deuteronomy, XII-XXVI--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Exodus, XX, 22-XXIII, 33--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Law (Theology)--Biblical teaching.

Law (Theology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 1997

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Positioned at the boundary of traditional biblical studies, legal history, and literary theory, 'Deuteronomy and the Hermeneutics of Legal Innovation' shows how the legislation of 'Deuteronomy' reflects the struggle of its authors to renew late seventh-century Judean society.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Textual Revision and Cultural Transformation: The Hermeneutics of Legal Innovation in Deuteronomy; 2. The Innovation of Cultic Centralization in Deuteronomy 12; 3. The Transformation of Passover and Unleavened Bread in Deuteronomy 16; 4. The Transformation of Justice in Light of Centralization; 5. The Revisionary Hermeneutics of Deuteronomy; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index; Index of Scriptural and Other Sources

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Brandeis University.

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-178) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773883-4

1-280-45372-9

0-19-535457-5

0-585-30196-4

OCLC:

466424644