Wisdom-Laws

A Study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

We think of law as rules whose words are binding, used by the courts in the adjudication of disputes. Bernard S. Jackson explains that early biblical law was significantly different, and that many of the laws in the Covenant Code in Exodus should be viewed as `wisdom-laws'. By this term, he means `self-executing' rules, the provisions of which permit their application without recourse to the law-courts or similar institutions. They thus conform to two tenets of the `wisdom tradition': that judicial dispute should be avoided, and that the law is a type of teaching, or `wisdom'.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-03-02
Mått:162 x 242 x 38 mm
Vikt:1 009 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:576
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198269311

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Bernard S. Jackson is Alliance Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, University of Manchester.

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[A] significant contribution to the study of the Covenant Code, and Jackson is to be commended for his sophisticated and nuanced analysis.

Innehållsförteckning

I. INTRODUCTION ; 1. Models ; 2. Law and Wisdom ; II. THE MISHPATIM ; 3. Slavery ; 4. Homicide ; 5. Assault ; 6. The Pregnant Woman Victim ; 7. Maltreatment of Slaves ; 8. The Goring Ox ; 9. Theft ; 10. Agricultural Delicts ; 11. 'Bailment' ; 12. Seduction ; III. CONCLUSIONS ; 13. Towards an Institutional History of the Mishpatim ; 14. Towards a Literary History of the Mishpatim