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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part36.utf8:109384637:1981
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01981cam a2200289 a 4500
001 2009012890
003 DLC
005 20130605083826.0
008 090331s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009012890
020 $a9780195304756 (alk. paper)
020 $a0195304756 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn297149232
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dTJC$dDLC
043 $aaw-----
050 00 $aBS1245.52$b.W75 2009
100 1 $aWright, David P.$q(David Pearson),$d1953-
245 10 $aInventing God's law :$bhow the covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi /$cDavid P. Wright.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $axiv, 589 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aIntroduction: The basic thesis and background -- Pt. 1. Primary evidence for dependence : sequential correspondences and date -- The casuistic laws -- The apodictic laws -- Opportunity and date for the use of Hammurabi's and other cuneiform laws -- Pt. 2. Compositional logic of the covenant code -- Debt-slavery and the seduction of a maiden (Exodus 21:2-11; 22:15-16) -- Homicide, injury, miscarriage, and talion (Exodus 21:12-14, 18-27) -- Child rebellion, kidnapping, sorcery, bestiality, illicit sacrifice (Exodus 21:15-17; 22:17-19) -- The goring ox and negligence (Exodus 21:28-36) -- Animal theft, crop destruction, deposit, and burglary (Exodus 21:37-22:8) -- Animal injury, death, and rental (Exodus 22:9-14) -- The themes and ideology of the apodictic laws (Exodus 20:23-26; 21:1; 22:20-23:19) -- Redactional growth in the apodictic laws and the covenant code's relationship to the Exodus narrative -- Conclusions.
630 00 $aBook of the Covenant$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
630 00 $aCode of Hammurabi.
630 00 $aBible.$pOld Testament$xExtra-canonical parallels.
650 0 $aLaw, Ancient$xSources.
650 0 $aLaw$zMiddle East$vSources.