Homicide in the Biblical World

ISBN-13: 9780521834681 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 270 str.

Pamela Barmash

Opis

Analyzing the treatment of homicide in the Hebrew Bible, this study demonstrates that it is directly linked to the social structure and religion of ancient Israel. Pamela Barmash reconstructs biblical law from both legal texts and narrative texts and analyzes the law collections and documents of actual legal cases from the ancient Near East.

Recenzje

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Spis treści

Introduction; 1. A first case, the story of Cain and Abel; 2. Blood feud and state control; 3. The development of the cities of refuge in the Bible; 4. Pollution and homicide; 5. Typologies of homicide; 6. Lex Talionis; 7. International law in the Ancient Near East; 8. Conclusion; 9. Excursus aeven: cuneiform sources on homicide.