Legal revision and religious renewal in ancient Israel /

This book examines the doctrine of transgenerational punishment found in the Decalogue - the idea that God punishes sinners vicariously, extending the punishment due them to three or four generations of their progeny. Although a 'God-given' law, the unfairness of punishing innocent people...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levinson, Bernard M. (Bernard Malcolm)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament > Historiography.
Bible. > Old Testament.
To 70
Punishment > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Punishment (Jewish law)
God (Judaism) > Righteousness.
God (Judaism) > History of doctrines.
Judaism > History > To 70 A.D.
Peines (Droit juif)
Dieu (Judaïsme) > Justice.
Dieu (Judaïsme) > Histoire des doctrines.
Judaïsme > Histoire > Jusqu'à 70.
RELIGION > Judaism > Theology.
Historiography.
Judaism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Biblical studies as the meeting point of the humanities
  • Rethinking the relation between "canon" and "exegesis"
  • The problem of innovation within the formative canon
  • The reworking of the principle of transgenerational punishment: four case studies
  • The canon as sponsor of innovation
  • The phenomenon of rewriting within the Hebrew Bible: a bibliographic essay on inner-biblical exegesis in the history of scholarship.

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