Wisdom-laws
Author: Bernard S. Jackson
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780198269311
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The 'Mishpatim' of Exodus 21-22 are generally regarded as the earliest collection of Biblical laws. Bernard S. Jackson analyses these laws in detail, considers their relationship to both the Israelite wisdom tradition and the laws of the Ancient Near East, and offers a view of their literary and institutional history."--BOOK JACKET.