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9 - Law and Prophecy

from Part IV - Biblical Law and Other Scriptural Discourses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

By
Reinhard Achenbach
Edited by
Bruce Wells
Bruce Wells
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Summary

This chapter examines the biblical prophetic texts that refer to legal matters and thus raise important questions about what the authors of these speeches and texts had in mind with these references and how they relate, chronologically and theologically, to the laws of the Pentateuch.

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prophecyoraclesmonotheismLatter Prophets
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The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible , pp. 181 - 200
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Law and Prophecy
  • Edited by Bruce Wells, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108636322.014
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  • Law and Prophecy
  • Edited by Bruce Wells, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108636322.014
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  • Law and Prophecy
  • Edited by Bruce Wells, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108636322.014
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