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Wisdom-laws : a study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Bernard S., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish law.
- Bible. Exodus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 552 p.)
- Other Title:
- Wisdom-Laws A Study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21
- Wisdom-laws
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bernard Jackson explains how early biblical law differed from the binding rules of the courts in the present day. He shows that adjudication was originally a matter of divinely mediated fairness, while written laws used narrative images and literary devices in order to teach.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191683596 (ebook) :
- 0191683590 (ebook) :
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