Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE A First Case: The Story of Cain and Abel
- CHAPTER TWO Blood Feud and State Control
- CHAPTER THREE The Development of Places of Refuge in the Bible
- CHAPTER FOUR Pollution and Homicide
- CHAPTER FIVE Typologies of Homicide
- CHAPTER SIX Lex Talionis
- CHAPTER SEVEN Interterritorial Law: The Homicide of a Foreign Citizen
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Cuneiform Sources on Homicide
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index of Citations
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE A First Case: The Story of Cain and Abel
- CHAPTER TWO Blood Feud and State Control
- CHAPTER THREE The Development of Places of Refuge in the Bible
- CHAPTER FOUR Pollution and Homicide
- CHAPTER FIVE Typologies of Homicide
- CHAPTER SIX Lex Talionis
- CHAPTER SEVEN Interterritorial Law: The Homicide of a Foreign Citizen
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Cuneiform Sources on Homicide
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index of Citations
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Homicide in the Biblical World , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004