A deo lex?: law and religion in ancient near eastern legislation
The ancient Near East is widely regarded as the “cradle of Western civilisation” and the birthplace of writing. As such, it was home to the earliest documented compendia we sometimes call “law collections”, and to some of the earliest records of institutionalised religion in human history. In the an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Journal for semitics
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-13 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Law
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/ Religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Ancient Near Eastern law collections
B Ancient Near Eastern Religion B Oath B Ancient Near Eastern law B legal procedure B River Ordeal |
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| Summary: | The ancient Near East is widely regarded as the “cradle of Western civilisation” and the birthplace of writing. As such, it was home to the earliest documented compendia we sometimes call “law collections”, and to some of the earliest records of institutionalised religion in human history. In the ancient Near East, these two major systems, official law and organised religion, did not usually intermingle. When they did, they compensated for one another, filling the gaps caused by the limitations of the other. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/7502 HDL: 10520/EJC-1e4339ae13 |