A Law Book for the Diaspora Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code

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ISBN: 9780195153156 | 0195153154
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/21/2002

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The foundation for all study of biblical law is the assumption that the Covenant Code is the oldest legal code in the Hebrew Bible and that all other laws are revisions of that code. This book sets forth the radical hypothesis that those laws in the covenant code that are similar toDeuteronomy and the Holiness Code are in fact later than both of these, and therefore can't be taken as the foundation of Hebrew Law.

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Introduction

(5)

The History of Research on the Covenant Code

(39)

The ``Pillars'' of Priority

(11)

Important Dissenting Voices

(2)

Recent Studies in the Covenant Code

(23)

Redaction Criticism of the Covenant Code

(8)

Comparison with Near Eastern Codes

(5)

The Evolutionist/Typological Approach

(4)

The Historical/Diffusionist Approach

(6)

Summary and Conclusion

(3)

The Framework of the Covenant Code

(35)

The Larger Narrative Context of the Covenant Code

(10)

The Search for the Covenant Code's Connection to Sinai

(6)

Literary Analysis of the Sinai Pericope

(3)

Moses, the Lawgiver

(1)

The Opening Laws: Exodus 20:22--26

(10)

Prohibition against the Manufacture of Divine Images: Exodus 20:22--23

(2)

The Law of the Altar: Exodus 20:24--26

(7)

The Epilogue: Exodus 23:20--33

(15)

Problems and Issues

(4)

Comparative Analysis

(10)

Conclusion

(1)

The Civil Laws, or Mishpatim

(46)

The Law of the Hebrew Slave

(13)

The Debt-Slave in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Code

(1)

The Hebrew Slave in Exodus 21:2--6

(6)

The ``Purchase'' Marriage: Exodus 21:7--11

(3)

The Law of the Hebrew Slave and Nehemiah 5:1--13

(1)

The Hebrew Slave and the Seven-Year Cycle

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

The Casuistic Laws and the Babylonian Law Codes

(33)

The Compositional Structure of the Casuistic Laws

(3)

Participial Prohibitions

(7)

The Law of Asylum: Exodus 21:13--14

106

(2)

Laws on Bodily Injury: Exodus 21:18--27

108

(1)

The Injury to a Pregnant Woman and the Lex Talionis in Exodus 21:22--25

109

(9)

Laws on Slavery

118

(1)

The Compensation Laws: The Goring Ox, Exodus 21:28--36

119

(3)

The Violation of an Unmarried Virgin: Exodus 22:15--16 [16--17] and Deuteronomy 22:28--29

122

(3)

Conclusion

125

(3)

Ethical Demands and Religious Obligations

128

(44)

Social and Humanitarian Commandments

128

(15)

First Series: Exodus 22:20--26 [21--27]

130

(5)

Second Series: Exodus 23:1--9

135

(3)

Lost or Distressed Animals: Exodus 23:4--5

138

(4)

The Social and Theological Setting of the Humanitarian Laws

142

(1)

Apodictic Prohibitions and Injunctions

143

(14)

Prohibition against Cursing God and the Community Leader: Exodus 22:27 [28]

143

(1)

A General Cultic Admonition: Exodus 22:28a [29a]

144

(1)

Child Sacrifice and Firstborn Animals: Exodus 22:28b--29 [29b--30]

145

(8)

Consumption of an Animal Carcass: Exodus 22:30 [31]

153

(4)

The Cultic Laws of Exodus 23:10--19

157

(15)

The Fallow Year (Exodus 23:10--11) and the Sabbath Year (Leviticus 25:3--7)

157

(2)

Sabbath, or Seventh-Day, Rest

159

(3)

Festival Laws

162

(9)

Conclusion

171

(1)

Summary and Conclusion

172

(5)

Notes

177

(30)

Bibliography

207

(10)

Author Index

217

(4)

Subject Index

221

(6)

Scriptural and Other Sources Index

227

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A Law Book for the Diaspora Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code

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