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Author: Moshe Weinfeld
Publisher: Hebrew University Magnes Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this fascinating and informative work, Weinfeld investigates the ideal of justice in relation to social reforms promoted by Israelite monarchy, the implications of the ideal in individual life, and the theological implications of all aspects of the concept.
Author: Frederick E. Greenspahn
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 1991-06
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 081473037X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Douglas A. Knight
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 0664221440
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing socio-anthropological theory and archaeological evidence, Knight argues that while the laws in the Hebrew Bible tend to reflect the interests of those in power, the majority of ancient Israelites--located in villages--developed their own unwritten customary laws to regulate behavior and resolve legal conflicts in their own communities. This book includes numerous examples from village, city, and cult. --from publisher description
Author: J. David Pleins
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 610
ISBN-13: 9780664221751
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJ. David Pleins presents a sociological study of the Hebrew Bible, seeking to uncover its social vision by examining biblical statements about social ethics. He does this within the framework provided by Israel's social institutions, the social locations of its actors, and the historical struggles for power and survival that are reflected in the transmission of the texts.
Author: Norman Karol Gottwald
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780664219772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work offers a reconstruction of the politics of ancient Israel within the wider political environment of the ancient Near East. Gottwald begins by questioning the view of some biblical scholars that the primary factor influencing Israel's political evolution was its religion.
Author: Léon Epsztein
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of a series of supplementary volumes published alongside the Jerusalem Bible in France and intended to provide a general introduction to the world in which the Bible is set. It is an exhaustive study of the legal and sociological background of texts dealing with social justice, first in Mesopotamia and Egypt, and then in pre-exilic Israel.
Author: Terence E. Fretheim
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2015-04-10
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1575067226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTerence E. Fretheim has long been a leading voice in Old Testament theology. In this volume, thirty of his classic studies have been gathered together for the first time under the rubrics “God and the World”, “God and Suffering”, “God, Wrath, and Divine Violence”, “God and the Pentateuch”, “God and the Prophets”, and “God and the Church’s Book”. Here readers can find a compelling answer to the question that has motivated Fretheim’s work for more than forty years—namely, what kind of God is the God of Scripture? The studies are introduced by a critical overview of Fretheim’s career and theology by the editors and a retrospective by Fretheim himself.
Author: C. L. Crouch
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2010-01-13
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 311022352X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe monograph considers the relationships of ethical systems in the ancient Near East through a study of warfare in Judah, Israel and Assyria in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE. It argues that a common cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in ethical thinking. In all three societies, the mythological traditions surrounding creation reflect a strong connection between war, kingship and the establishment of order. Human kings’ military activities are legitimated through their identification with this cosmic struggle against chaos, begun by the divine king at creation. Military violence is thereby cast not only as morally tolerable but as morally imperative. Deviations from this point of view reflect two phenomena: the preservation of variable social perspectives and the impact of historical changes on ethical thinking. The research begins the discussion of ancient Near Eastern ethics outside of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by placing Israelite and Judahite ethics within this context, as well as contributing methodologically to future research in historical and comparative ethics.
Author: Katrien De Graef
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2021-05-27
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1646021185
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMesopotamia is often considered to be the birthplace of law codes. In recognition of this fact and motivated by the perennial interest in the topic among Assyriologists, the 59th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale was organized in Ghent in 2013 around the theme “Law and (Dis)Order in the Ancient Near East.” Based on papers delivered at that meeting, this volume contains twenty-six essays that focus on archaeological, philological, and historical topics related to order and chaos in the Ancient Near East. Written by a diverse array of international scholars, the contributions to this book explore laws and legal practices in the Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, and Neo-Assyrian periods in Mesopotamia, as well as in Nuzi and the Hebrew Bible. Among the subjects covered are the Code of Hammurabi, legal phraseology, the archaeological traces of the organization of community life, and biblical law. The volume also contains essays that explore the concepts of chaos/disorder and law/order in divinatory texts and literature. Wide-ranging and cutting-edge, the essays in this collection will be of interest to Assyriologists, especially members of the International Association for Assyriology.
Author: John H. Walton
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2018-05-15
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1493414364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of specific Old Testament passages. This new edition of a top-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the refined thinking of a mature scholar. It includes over 30 illustrations. Students and pastors who want to deepen their understanding of the Old Testament will find this a helpful and instructive study.
