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9781850759539

The Transformation of Torah from Scribal Advice to Law

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  • ISBN13:

    9781850759539

  • ISBN10:

    1850759537

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-06-01
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

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Summary

Recent discussion of biblical law sees it either as a response to socio-economic factors or as an intellectual tradition. In either case it is viewed as the product of elites that form an international community drawing on a common culture. This book takes that fundamental discussion a step further by proposing that 'law' is an inappropriate term for the biblical codes, and that they represent, rather, the 'moral advice' of scribes working independently of the legal framework and appealing to Yahweh as authority. Only by prolonged exegesis and through the transformation of Judaean religion does this 'advice' take the form of divine law binding on Jews.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7(8)
Abbreviations 8(3)
Introduction 11(12)
Some Recent Approaches to Old Testament Law
23(31)
The Independence of Legal Development
54(27)
The Legislative Model and its Alternatives
81(32)
Torah and Dharma: Moral Advice of Scribes
113(33)
From Sacred Moral Teaching to Law
146(32)
Issues and Proposals 178(5)
Bibliography 183(9)
Index of References 192(7)
Index of Authors 199

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