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An introduction to biblical law /
In this book William Morrow surveys four major law collections in Exodus-Deuteronomy and shows how they each enabled the people of Israel to create and sustain a community of faith. Treating biblical law as dynamic systems of thought facilitating ancient Israel's efforts at self-definition, Mor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Grand Rapids :
Eerdmans Publishing Co.,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Thinking about biblical law
- Introduction : water from Sinai
- The laws in scripture : dates and origins
- Biblical law : Mosaic or a mosaic?
- Approaches to the law : text and context
- Part II. Israel at the holy mountain
- The ten commandments : introduction
- The second commandment : revealing the nature of God
- Part III. Israel in the village assembly
- The covenant code : introduction
- Restoration or revenge? : the case of the goring ox
- The Bible and slavery : humanitarian concerns
- Part IV. Israel in the courts of the Lord
- Priestly and holiness law : introduction
- The Tabernacle : a palace in the wilderness
- Sacrifice : communication and community-making
- Gift offerings : commitment and belonging
- Hazards of the holy life 1 : debt offerings
- Hazards of the holy life 2 : food, death, sex, and birth
- The holiness code : crops, tattoos, and loving your neighbor
- Jubilee : utopia or practicality?
- Part V. Israel in the city
- Deuteronomy : introduction
- Covenant theology and religious intolerance : Israel and the Canaanites
- Revolution : centralization of the cult
- Justice at the gates : capital crimes and judicial reform
- The limits of social solidarity : women in deuteronomic law.