James Davis is on the senior faculty at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan teaching New Testament studies. He worked as a Bible translator/editor for the Holman Christian Standard Bible and served as an adjunct faculty at Dallas Theological Seminary.

'There should be little doubt that this is an extremely useful book for the analysis of the lex talionis...It is conveniently set out and provides masses of important parallel examples from early Judaism.' James G. Crossley

• 1. Introduction; 2. The Lex Talionis In Recent Interpretation; 3. The Lex Talionis In The Old Testament; 4. The Lex Talionis In Early Judaism; 5. Historical Background/Context Of Matthew 5:39-42; 6. An Exegesis Of Matthew 5:38-42; 7. Correlation Of Matthew 5:38-42 Past And Present; 8. Final Conclusions

James Davis is on the senior faculty at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan teaching New Testament studies. He worked as a Bible translator/editor for the Holman Christian Standard Bible and served as an adjunct faculty at Dallas Theological Seminary.

'There should be little doubt that this is an extremely useful book for the analysis of the lex talionis...It is conveniently set out and provides masses of important parallel examples from early Judaism.' James G. Crossley

• 1. Introduction; 2. The Lex Talionis In Recent Interpretation; 3. The Lex Talionis In The Old Testament; 4. The Lex Talionis In Early Judaism; 5. Historical Background/Context Of Matthew 5:39-42; 6. An Exegesis Of Matthew 5:38-42; 7. Correlation Of Matthew 5:38-42 Past And Present; 8. Final Conclusions

James Davis is on the senior faculty at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan teaching New Testament studies. He worked as a Bible translator/editor for the Holman Christian Standard Bible and served as an adjunct faculty at Dallas Theological Seminary.

'There should be little doubt that this is an extremely useful book for the analysis of the lex talionis...It is conveniently set out and provides masses of important parallel examples from early Judaism.' James G. Crossley

• 1. Introduction; 2. The Lex Talionis In Recent Interpretation; 3. The Lex Talionis In The Old Testament; 4. The Lex Talionis In Early Judaism; 5. Historical Background/Context Of Matthew 5:39-42; 6. An Exegesis Of Matthew 5:38-42; 7. Correlation Of Matthew 5:38-42 Past And Present; 8. Final Conclusions