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Justice and compassion in biblical law.
The theory and praxis of biblical law in the historical and contemporary landscape of American law and culture is contentious and controversial. Richard Hiers provides a new consideration of the subject with an emphasis upon the underlying justice and compassion implicit within. Special consideratio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The theory and praxis of biblical law in the historical and contemporary landscape of American law and culture is contentious and controversial. Richard Hiers provides a new consideration of the subject with an emphasis upon the underlying justice and compassion implicit within. Special consideration is given to matters of civil law, the death penalty, and due process. An analysis of various biblical trial scenes are also included. €. The book draws on, and in turn relates to three areas of scholarship and concern:€ biblical studies, social ethics, and jurisprudence (legal theory). & n. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567024183 0567024180 9780567269096 0567269094 1282867830 9781282867833 9786612867835 6612867833 |