Jonathan Burnside is Reader in Biblical Law at the School of Law, University of Bristol, England. He has degrees in Law and Criminology, both from the University of Cambridge, as well as a doctorate in Law from the University of Liverpool. His work explores the relationship between law, theology and criminology from theoretical and applied perspectives, beginning with Relational Justice: Repairing the Breach (1994, Waterside Press). He joined the School of Law in 2001, becoming Reader in 2007. His doctoral thesis in biblical law was published as The Signs of Sin: Seriousness of Offence in Biblical Law (Continuum, 2003). He was appointed by the Home Office and the Prison Service England and Wales to head an evaluation of faith-based units in prisons in England and Wales, which was subsequently published as part of a wider, cross-programmatic, study of faith-based units in prisons around the world (My Brother's Keeper: Faith-Based Units in Prisons, Willan, 2005).

It is a well-researched and well-argued text, which gives a detailed, and at the same time comprehensible, account of the nature of Biblical law, its interpretation and operation and the possible ways it might have shaped, challenged, and continues to challenge, modern legal approaches to a range of legal subjects. This makes the book essential for law students, legal historians and theologians.

• Contents ContentsAcknowledgements How to use this bookTimelineIntroduction: The horizon of biblical lawChapter One: The Character of Biblical LawChapter Two: A Deal With God Chapter Three: Beyond SinaiChapter Four: Justice as a Calling Chapter Five: Humanity and the EnvironmentChapter Six: People and LandChapter Seven: Social WelfareChapter Eight: Homicide and Vengeance Chapter Nine: TheftChapter Ten: Marriage and DivorceChapter Eleven: Sexual OffencesChapter Twelve: New Laws for a New AgeChapter Thirteen: The Trials of JesusConclusion: Law in the purpose of God Bibliography

Jonathan Burnside is Reader in Biblical Law at the School of Law, University of Bristol, England. He has degrees in Law and Criminology, both from the University of Cambridge, as well as a doctorate in Law from the University of Liverpool. His work explores the relationship between law, theology and criminology from theoretical and applied perspectives, beginning with Relational Justice: Repairing the Breach (1994, Waterside Press). He joined the School of Law in 2001, becoming Reader in 2007. His doctoral thesis in biblical law was published as The Signs of Sin: Seriousness of Offence in Biblical Law (Continuum, 2003). He was appointed by the Home Office and the Prison Service England and Wales to head an evaluation of faith-based units in prisons in England and Wales, which was subsequently published as part of a wider, cross-programmatic, study of faith-based units in prisons around the world (My Brother's Keeper: Faith-Based Units in Prisons, Willan, 2005).

It is a well-researched and well-argued text, which gives a detailed, and at the same time comprehensible, account of the nature of Biblical law, its interpretation and operation and the possible ways it might have shaped, challenged, and continues to challenge, modern legal approaches to a range of legal subjects. This makes the book essential for law students, legal historians and theologians.

• Contents ContentsAcknowledgements How to use this bookTimelineIntroduction: The horizon of biblical lawChapter One: The Character of Biblical LawChapter Two: A Deal With God Chapter Three: Beyond SinaiChapter Four: Justice as a Calling Chapter Five: Humanity and the EnvironmentChapter Six: People and LandChapter Seven: Social WelfareChapter Eight: Homicide and Vengeance Chapter Nine: TheftChapter Ten: Marriage and DivorceChapter Eleven: Sexual OffencesChapter Twelve: New Laws for a New AgeChapter Thirteen: The Trials of JesusConclusion: Law in the purpose of God Bibliography

Jonathan Burnside is Reader in Biblical Law at the School of Law, University of Bristol, England. He has degrees in Law and Criminology, both from the University of Cambridge, as well as a doctorate in Law from the University of Liverpool. His work explores the relationship between law, theology and criminology from theoretical and applied perspectives, beginning with Relational Justice: Repairing the Breach (1994, Waterside Press). He joined the School of Law in 2001, becoming Reader in 2007. His doctoral thesis in biblical law was published as The Signs of Sin: Seriousness of Offence in Biblical Law (Continuum, 2003). He was appointed by the Home Office and the Prison Service England and Wales to head an evaluation of faith-based units in prisons in England and Wales, which was subsequently published as part of a wider, cross-programmatic, study of faith-based units in prisons around the world (My Brother's Keeper: Faith-Based Units in Prisons, Willan, 2005).

It is a well-researched and well-argued text, which gives a detailed, and at the same time comprehensible, account of the nature of Biblical law, its interpretation and operation and the possible ways it might have shaped, challenged, and continues to challenge, modern legal approaches to a range of legal subjects. This makes the book essential for law students, legal historians and theologians.

• Contents ContentsAcknowledgements How to use this bookTimelineIntroduction: The horizon of biblical lawChapter One: The Character of Biblical LawChapter Two: A Deal With God Chapter Three: Beyond SinaiChapter Four: Justice as a Calling Chapter Five: Humanity and the EnvironmentChapter Six: People and LandChapter Seven: Social WelfareChapter Eight: Homicide and Vengeance Chapter Nine: TheftChapter Ten: Marriage and DivorceChapter Eleven: Sexual OffencesChapter Twelve: New Laws for a New AgeChapter Thirteen: The Trials of JesusConclusion: Law in the purpose of God Bibliography