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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453941203321

Autore

Bruckner James K

Titolo

Implied law in the Abraham narrative [[electronic resource] ] : a literary and theological analysis / / James K. Bruckner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2001

ISBN

1-281-84183-8

9786611841836

0-567-17056-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 335

Disciplina

221.6

222.1106

Soggetti

Jewish law

Bible and law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTERPRETING PRE-SINAI LAW; Chapter 2 METHODOLOGY: A PLURALITY OF METHODS FOR READING LEGAL REFERENTS IN PRE-SINAI NARRATIVES; Chapter 3 A SURVEY OF JURIDICAL TERMINOLOGY IN THE ABRAHAM NARRATIVE; Chapter 4 A CLOSE NARRATIVE READING OF LEGAL REFERENTS IN GENESIS 18.16-19.29: FINDINGS FROM THE INQUEST OF THE CRY AGAINST THE SODOMITES TO THE SENTENCE THAT FOLLOWS GOD'S FINDINGS; Chapter 5 A CLOSE NARRATIVE READING OF LEGAL REFERENTS IN GENESIS 20.1-18: THE CONFLICTS AND RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING SARAH IN ABIMELECH'S TENT

Chapter 6 REFLECTIONS ON THE CREATIONAL CONTEXT OF IMPLIED LAWChapter 7 IMPLICATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

A study of the significance of implied law in the Abraham narrative. Bruckner examines legal and juridical terminology in the text, with a close reading of legal referents in Genesis 18.16-20.18. He demonstrates that the literary and theological context of implied law in the narrative is creational, since the implied cosmology is based in



Creator-created relationships, and the narrative referents are prior to the Sinai covenant. The narrative's canonical position is an ipso jure argument for the operation of law from the beginning of the ancestral community. The study suggests trajectories for