Sandra Jacobs is lecturer in the department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London, UK.

This book succeeds in shedding light on a fascinating topic. The author engages very well with Mesopotamian evidence of different kinds and displays an impressive knowledge of later rabbinic materials. This book is well researched . . . and will prove a good resource for scholars

• CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION1:1 The Research Context and Questions 1:2 Methodological Pre-Requisites 1:3 Access to Cuneiform Law 1:4 This Profile of the Comparative Method CHAPTER TWO: THE PRIESTLY REQUIRMENT OF CIRCUMCISION2:1 Egyptian and Western Semitic Precedents 2:2 Circumcision and the Covenantal Promises to Abraham 2:3 As “Cut” or “Excision” in Genesis 17:14 2:4 A Substitution Rite for Child Sacrifice? 2:5 The Development of Circumcision as a Divine Seal CHAPTER THREE: TALION IN BIBLICAL LAW AND NARRATIVE 3:1 Definitions and Parameters 3:2 Talion: The Divine Prerogative 3:3 The Requirement of Finite Talion 3:3:1 “A Life for a Life” in the Covenant Code 3:3:2 As Live Human Substitution 3:3:3 Napšate Umalla 3:3:4 “he will surely die”: The Death Penalty in the Covenant Code 3:3:5 Financial Liability in the Covenant Code 3:3:6 Finite Talion: Leviticus 24:18 and 24:20 3:3:7 The Deuteronomic Revision: “Life for Life” 3:4 Reflective Talion and the Biblical “as if” Formulation 3:5 Divine Retribution and the Representation of Human Remains 3:6 Instrumental, Reflective and Symbolic Talion 3:6:1 “An Eye for An Eye” and the Misuse of Sight 3:6:2 “A Tooth for A Tooth:” Broken or Missing Teeth 3:6:3 “A Hand for A Hand,” Or His Name and His Seed? 3:6:4 “You Shall Cut Off Her Palm”3:6:5 “foot for foot”: Or His Foot and Her Sandal? 3:7 Key Features of The Talionic Principle Summarized CHAPTER FOUR: LEGAL ACQUISITION: THE SLAVE AND ISRAEL’S CULT PERSONNEL 4:1 Introduction 4:2 “Pierce His Ear with an Awl:” Exodus 21:6 and Deuteronomy 15:164:3 Marking the Israelite as the Property of His God 4:4 The Priestly Consecration of Levites & Israelites4:5 The Gift of A Širkû as a “A Life for A Life” CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sandra Jacobs is lecturer in the department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London, UK.

This book succeeds in shedding light on a fascinating topic. The author engages very well with Mesopotamian evidence of different kinds and displays an impressive knowledge of later rabbinic materials. This book is well researched . . . and will prove a good resource for scholars

• CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION1:1 The Research Context and Questions 1:2 Methodological Pre-Requisites 1:3 Access to Cuneiform Law 1:4 This Profile of the Comparative Method CHAPTER TWO: THE PRIESTLY REQUIRMENT OF CIRCUMCISION2:1 Egyptian and Western Semitic Precedents 2:2 Circumcision and the Covenantal Promises to Abraham 2:3 As “Cut” or “Excision” in Genesis 17:14 2:4 A Substitution Rite for Child Sacrifice? 2:5 The Development of Circumcision as a Divine Seal CHAPTER THREE: TALION IN BIBLICAL LAW AND NARRATIVE 3:1 Definitions and Parameters 3:2 Talion: The Divine Prerogative 3:3 The Requirement of Finite Talion 3:3:1 “A Life for a Life” in the Covenant Code 3:3:2 As Live Human Substitution 3:3:3 Napšate Umalla 3:3:4 “he will surely die”: The Death Penalty in the Covenant Code 3:3:5 Financial Liability in the Covenant Code 3:3:6 Finite Talion: Leviticus 24:18 and 24:20 3:3:7 The Deuteronomic Revision: “Life for Life” 3:4 Reflective Talion and the Biblical “as if” Formulation 3:5 Divine Retribution and the Representation of Human Remains 3:6 Instrumental, Reflective and Symbolic Talion 3:6:1 “An Eye for An Eye” and the Misuse of Sight 3:6:2 “A Tooth for A Tooth:” Broken or Missing Teeth 3:6:3 “A Hand for A Hand,” Or His Name and His Seed? 3:6:4 “You Shall Cut Off Her Palm”3:6:5 “foot for foot”: Or His Foot and Her Sandal? 3:7 Key Features of The Talionic Principle Summarized CHAPTER FOUR: LEGAL ACQUISITION: THE SLAVE AND ISRAEL’S CULT PERSONNEL 4:1 Introduction 4:2 “Pierce His Ear with an Awl:” Exodus 21:6 and Deuteronomy 15:164:3 Marking the Israelite as the Property of His God 4:4 The Priestly Consecration of Levites & Israelites4:5 The Gift of A Širkû as a “A Life for A Life” CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sandra Jacobs is lecturer in the department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London, UK.

This book succeeds in shedding light on a fascinating topic. The author engages very well with Mesopotamian evidence of different kinds and displays an impressive knowledge of later rabbinic materials. This book is well researched . . . and will prove a good resource for scholars

• CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION1:1 The Research Context and Questions 1:2 Methodological Pre-Requisites 1:3 Access to Cuneiform Law 1:4 This Profile of the Comparative Method CHAPTER TWO: THE PRIESTLY REQUIRMENT OF CIRCUMCISION2:1 Egyptian and Western Semitic Precedents 2:2 Circumcision and the Covenantal Promises to Abraham 2:3 As “Cut” or “Excision” in Genesis 17:14 2:4 A Substitution Rite for Child Sacrifice? 2:5 The Development of Circumcision as a Divine Seal CHAPTER THREE: TALION IN BIBLICAL LAW AND NARRATIVE 3:1 Definitions and Parameters 3:2 Talion: The Divine Prerogative 3:3 The Requirement of Finite Talion 3:3:1 “A Life for a Life” in the Covenant Code 3:3:2 As Live Human Substitution 3:3:3 Napšate Umalla 3:3:4 “he will surely die”: The Death Penalty in the Covenant Code 3:3:5 Financial Liability in the Covenant Code 3:3:6 Finite Talion: Leviticus 24:18 and 24:20 3:3:7 The Deuteronomic Revision: “Life for Life” 3:4 Reflective Talion and the Biblical “as if” Formulation 3:5 Divine Retribution and the Representation of Human Remains 3:6 Instrumental, Reflective and Symbolic Talion 3:6:1 “An Eye for An Eye” and the Misuse of Sight 3:6:2 “A Tooth for A Tooth:” Broken or Missing Teeth 3:6:3 “A Hand for A Hand,” Or His Name and His Seed? 3:6:4 “You Shall Cut Off Her Palm”3:6:5 “foot for foot”: Or His Foot and Her Sandal? 3:7 Key Features of The Talionic Principle Summarized CHAPTER FOUR: LEGAL ACQUISITION: THE SLAVE AND ISRAEL’S CULT PERSONNEL 4:1 Introduction 4:2 “Pierce His Ear with an Awl:” Exodus 21:6 and Deuteronomy 15:164:3 Marking the Israelite as the Property of His God 4:4 The Priestly Consecration of Levites & Israelites4:5 The Gift of A Širkû as a “A Life for A Life” CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY