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Making a case : the practical roots of biblical law / Sara J. Milstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milstein, Sara J. (Sara Jessica), 1978- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish law--History--To 1500.
- Jewish law.
- Iraq--History--To 634.
- Iraq.
- Bible. Deuteronomy--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible. Exodus--XXI-XXII--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- 'Making a Case' challenges the long-held notion that Israelite and Judahite scribes either made use of "old" law collections or set out to produce law collections in the Near Eastern sense of the genre. Sara J. Milstein instead proposes that what we call "biblical law" is closer in form and function to another, oft-neglected Mesopotamian genre: legal-pedagogical texts.
- Contents:
- The role of legal texts in Mesopotamian scribal education
- Hebrew legal fictions and the development of Deuteronomy
- Echoes of contracts in the Hebrew legal fictions
- Exodus 21-22: old law collection or scribal exercise?
- The distinct nature of "biblical law"
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780190911829
- 0190911824
- 9780190911836
- 0190911832
- 9780190911812
- 0190911816
- OCLC:
- 1263028942
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