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Making A Case

by Sara J. Milstein (associate Professor Of Hebrew Bible And Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Associate Professor Of Hebrew Bible And Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University Of British Columbia)

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 24.2 x 16.2 x 2.1 cm

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Making a Case: The Practical Roots of Biblical Law challenges the long-held notion that Israelite and Judahite scribes either made use of "old" law collections or set out to produce law collections in the Near Eastern sense of the genre. Sara Milstein instead proposes that what we call "biblical law" is closer in form and function to another, oft-neglected Mesopotamian genre: legal-pedagogical texts. During their education, Mesopotamian scribes studied avariety of legal-oriented school texts: sample contracts, fictional cases, sequences of non-canonical law, and legal phrasebooks. When Exodus 20-23 and Deuteronomy 12-26 are viewed in the context of these legal-pedagogical texts from Mesopotamia, their practical roots in comparable (lost) legal exercises beginto emerge.
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  • Author

    Sara J. Milstein (associate Professor Of Hebrew Bible And Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Associate Professor Of Hebrew Bible And Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University Of British Columbia)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    October 2021

  • Weight

    452g

  • Dimensions

    24.2 x 16.2 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780190911805

  • ISBN-10

    0190911808

  • Eden Code

    5571612

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