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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808774503321

Autore

Brin Gershon

Titolo

Studies in biblical law : from the Hebrew Bible to the Dead Sea scrolls / / Gershon Brin ; translated from the Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1994

ISBN

1-281-80395-2

9786611803957

0-567-49017-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 176

Disciplina

222

296.1/8

Soggetti

Jewish law

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Previously Published Material; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: ISSUES IN BIBLICAL LAW; PART I: Selected Problems in Biblical Law; Part II: The Laws of the First-Born; AFTERWORD: BIBLICAL LAW IN BIBLICAL TIMES AND THEREAFTER; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Gershon Brin examines the development of biblical law, suggesting that it may be due to different authors with different legal outlooks, or that the differing policies were required in response to different social needs, etc. Biblical laws appearing in the Dead Sea Scrolls literature are treated in a separate unit. Study of this subject can shed light both on the biblical laws as such, as well as on the manner of their reworking by the Judaean Desert sect. Brin also discusses here questions of the style, the idea, and the historical and ideological background underlying the reworking of these