1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453567303321

Autore

Burnside Jonathan P (Jonathan Patrick)

Titolo

The signs of sin [[electronic resource] ] : seriousness of offence in biblical law / / Jonathan P. Burnside

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003

ISBN

1-281-80302-2

9786611803025

0-567-34674-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 364

Disciplina

221.834

241/.3

345

Soggetti

Law (Theology) - Biblical teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on author's Ph. D. thesis (University of Liverpool, 1999).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 DETERMINING SERIOUSNESS OF OFFENCE IN BIBLICAL LAW; Chapter 2 THE WRATH OF GOD ON THE SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE: SERIOUSNESS OF OFFENCE AND DEUTERONOMY 21.18-21; Chapter 3 LINEAGE, TITLE AND THE BAREFOOT MAN: SERIOUSNESS OF OFFENCE AND DEUTERONOMY 25.5-10; Chapter 4 PROSTITUTION AND THE JEALOUSY OF GOD AND MAN: SERIOUSNESS OF OFFENCE IN LEVITICUS 21.9 AND DEUTERONOMY 22.20-21; Chapter 5 SIN, STATUS AND SACRIFICE: SERIOUSNESS OF OFFENCE AND LEVITICUS 4:1-35

Chapter 6 THE SHEKHINAH DEPARTS: SERIOUSNESS OF OFFENCE AND EZEKIEL 8.1-18Chapter 7 SERIOUSNESS OF OFFENCE IN BIBLICAL LAW; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

What makes one crime more serious than another, and why? This book investigates the problem of ""seriousness of offence"" in English law from the comparative perspective of biblical law. Burnside takes a semiotic approach to show how biblical conceptions of seriousness are synthesised and communicated through various descriptive and



performative registers. Seven case studies show that biblical law discriminates between the seriousness of different offences and between the relative seriousness of the same offence when committed by different people or when performed in different ways. Recurring