Law, Power, and Justice in Ancient Israel
This new volume in the Library of Ancient Israel series argues that, while the laws in the Hebrew Bible tend to reflect the interests of those in power, the majority of the ancient Israelites developed unwritten customary laws to regulate behavior and resolve legal conflicts in their own communities. The book includes numerous examples from village, city, and cult.Volumes in the Library of Ancient Israel draw on multiple disciplines--such as archaeology, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, and literary criticism--to illuminate the everyday realities and social subtleties these ancient cultures experienced. This series employs sophisticated…
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- ISBN: 978-0-664-22144-7
- EAN: 9780664221447
- Produktnummer: 11063885
- Verlag: Westminster Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 305 S.
- Masse: H23.8 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.9 cm 578 g
- Gewicht: 578
Über den Autor
Douglas A. Knight is Drucilla Moore Buffington Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University. He is the general editor of the Library of Ancient Israel.
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