Wisdom-Laws: A Study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16 - Jackson, Bernard S (, Alliance Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, University of Manchester) - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780198269311 - May 4, 2006
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Wisdom-Laws: A Study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16

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We think of law as rules whose words are binding, used by the courts in the adjudication of disputes. Bernard S. Jackson explains that early biblical law was significantly different: adjudication was originally a matter of divinely mediated fairness, while the written laws used narrative images and literary devices in order to teach.


572 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 4, 2006
ISBN13 9780198269311
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 576
Dimensions 162 × 242 × 38 mm   ·   970 g
Language English  

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