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Author Brin, Gershon.

Title Studies in biblical law : from the Hebrew Bible to the Dead Sea scrolls / Gershon Brin ; translated from the Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman
Published Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (309 pages)
Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 176
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 176.
Contents Preface; Previously Published Material; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: ISSUES IN BIBLICAL LAW; PART I: Selected Problems in Biblical Law; Part II: The Laws of the First-Born; AFTERWORD: BIBLICAL LAW IN BIBLICAL TIMES AND THEREAFTER; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
Summary Gershon Brin examines the development of biblical law, suggesting that it may be due to different authors with different legal outlooks, or that the differing policies were required in response to different social needs, etc. Biblical laws appearing in the Dead Sea Scrolls literature are treated in a separate unit. Study of this subject can shed light both on the biblical laws as such, as well as on the manner of their reworking by the Judaean Desert sect. Brin also discusses here questions of the style, the idea, and the historical and ideological background underlying the reworking of these
Analysis Law Related to Religion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in English with Hebrew words and phrases
Print version record
SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Old Testament fast
Bibel Altes Testament gnd
Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprétation, etc. ram
Subject Jewish law.
Jewish law -- Biblical teaching
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
Jewish law
Gesetz Theologie
Recht
Oude Testament.
Primogenituur.
Wetten.
Geboden.
Reinheid.
Dode-Zeerollen.
Droit juif.
Gesetz (Theologie)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780567490179
0567490173
1281803952
9781281803955
9786611803957
6611803955