Wisdom-laws: a study of the mishpatim of exodus 21:1-22:16
Auteur :
Jackson, Bernard S
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198269311
Date de publication :
2 mars 2006
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,2 x 3,8 cm
Poids :
1009 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
We think of law as rules whose words are binding, used by the courts in the adjudication of disputes. Bernard S. Jackson explains that early biblical law was significantly different: adjudication was originally a matter of divinely mediated fairness, while the written laws used narrative images and literary devices in order to teach.