Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Historical Context of Biblical Law
- Part II The Biblical Legal Collections
- Part III The Biblical Laws
- Part IV Biblical Law and Other Scriptural Discourses
- Part V The Legacy of Biblical Law
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Text Index
- Cambridge Companions To Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Introduction
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Historical Context of Biblical Law
- Part II The Biblical Legal Collections
- Part III The Biblical Laws
- Part IV Biblical Law and Other Scriptural Discourses
- Part V The Legacy of Biblical Law
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Text Index
- Cambridge Companions To Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
The introduction presents key ideas and terminology and answers several questions that will help readers understand the other chapters in the volume. It also explains important distinctions around the concept of biblical law and the pitfalls of reading it from a modern perspective.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible , pp. 1 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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