The transformation of Torah from scribal advice to law / Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitzpatrick-McKinley, Anne.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 287.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 287

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law (Theology)--Biblical teaching.

Law (Theology).

Jewish law.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Book of the Covenant--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Book of the Covenant.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent discussion of biblical law sees it either as a response to socio-economic factors or as an intellectual tradition. In either case it is viewed as the product of elites that form an international community drawing on a common culture. This book takes that fundamental discussion a step further by proposing that 'law' is an inappropriate term for the biblical codes, and that they represent, rather, the 'moral advice' of scribes working independently of the legal framework and appealing to Yahweh as authority. Only by prolonged exegesis and through the transformation of Judaean religion doe

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 SOME RECENT APPROACHES TO OLD TESTAMENT LAW; Chapter 2 THE INDEPENDENCE OF LEGAL DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 3 THE LEGISLATIVE MODEL AND ITS ALTERNATIVES; Chapter 4 TORAH AND DHARMA: MORAL ADVICE OF SCRIBES; Chapter 5 FROM SACRED MORAL TEACHING TO LAW; Issues and Proposals; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Trinity College Dublin), 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611814427

9781281814425

1281814423

9780567134639

0567134636

OCLC:

283799043