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Inventing God's law : how the Covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi /

David Wright argues that the so-called Covenant Collection of the Torah (Exodus 20:23-23:19) is chiefly the work of a single author, is the result of intellectual interaction with the author's sources & it may have had a politically ideological purpose, somewhat similar to that of the Laws...

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Main Author: Wright, David P. (David Pearson), 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Bible. > Exodus, XX, 23-XXIII, 19 > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Code of Hammurabi.
Bible. > Old Testament > Extra-canonical parallels.
Bible. > Old Testament
Code of Hammurabi
Law, Ancient > Sources.
Law > Middle East > Sources.
Droit ancien > Sources.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
Extra-canonical parallels
Law
Law, Ancient
Middle East
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sources
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:David Wright argues that the so-called Covenant Collection of the Torah (Exodus 20:23-23:19) is chiefly the work of a single author, is the result of intellectual interaction with the author's sources & it may have had a politically ideological purpose, somewhat similar to that of the Laws of Hammurabi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 589 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199719525
0199719527
9780195304756
0195304756