Sovereign authority and the elaboration of law in the Bible and the Ancient Near East
Cover -- Titel -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A. Introduction -- B. Legal Categorization, Juridical Vocabulary, and the Potential for Anachronism -- C. The Five "Legal Episodes" of the Pentateuch (Lev 24:10-23 -- Num 9:6-14 -...
| Summary: | Cover -- Titel -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A. Introduction -- B. Legal Categorization, Juridical Vocabulary, and the Potential for Anachronism -- C. The Five "Legal Episodes" of the Pentateuch (Lev 24:10-23 -- Num 9:6-14 -- Num 15:32-36 -- Num 27:1-11 -- Num 36:1-12) -- I. The Content of the Episodes -- II. The "Legal Episodes" as a Set -- D. Conclusion -- Chapter 2: The Legislative Technique of the Rescript -- A. Introduction -- B. The Juridico-Literary Form of the Five Texts -- Yahweh as King and the Question of "Sovereignty" in the Ancient Near East -- C. A Mesopotamian Parallel? The Neo-Assyrian d????nu-Documents -- D. The Legislative Technique of the Rescript -- E. The Rescript of Samsu-iluna -- I. Composite Text of Samsu-iluna's Rescript -- II. Epistolary Introduction and Trial Summaries (ll. 1-15) -- III. The First Case (ll. 8-33) -- IV. The Second Case (ll. 34-55) -- V. The OB Rescript as a Source of Law -- F. The Biblical Rescript -- I. The Judges of Sippar and Moses' Judicial Authority -- II. Rescripts Without Writing -- G. Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The Blasphemer Lev 24:10-23 -- A. Introduction -- B. The Cause of Action (vv. 10-11) -- I. The Nature of the Offense -- II. The Etymological and Syntactic Problems of Lev 24:11a -- III. Laws against Blasphemy in Biblical and Mesopotamian Legal Traditions -- IV. "Cursing God and King:" Lèse-majesté in Near Eastern Law -- V. The Context of Violence in the Commissioning of a Crime -- VI. The Matter of Law and the Genealogy of the Accused -- C. Case Presented before a Judge/Tribunal (v. 11) -- D. Case Transmitted to the Sovereign for Deliberation (v. 12) -- I. Syntax of the Pericope -- II. The Contextual Usage of Hebrew פדש -- III. Akkadian parāsu(m) in the Context of Law and Divination. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressouce (xvi, 367 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 3161595106 |