A LECTURE ON THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN ANCIENT ISRAEL by Bruce Wells at St. Joseph's University:

Professor studies judicial systems of Hebrew Bible
Pat DePippo '09

The Hebrew Bible has been a source of knowledge and a written set of spiritual guidance for the Jewish population for millennia, but can it be a document that is historically true and may even offer some insight on legality of the laws in ancient Israel?

Bruce Wells, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Theology, presented such an outlook during the latest installment of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Colloquium in the Presidents' Lounge last Thursday. Wells' lecture, entitled "What Do the Gods Know? Courtroom Evidence in Ancient Israel and Mesopotamia", argued the validity and accuracy of the Hebrew Bible as a legal text. He also discussed what sort of significance and impact it had on the functioning of ancient societies.

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