The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew BiblePart of Cambridge Companions to Religion
EDITOR: Bruce Wells, University of Texas, Austin
DATE PUBLISHED: April 2024
AVAILABILITY: Available
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9781108493888£ 70.00
HardbackDescription
This Companion offers a comprehensive overview of the history, nature, and legacy of biblical law. Examining the debates that swirl around the nature of biblical law, it explores its historical context, the significance of its rules, and its influence on early Judaism and Christianity. The volume also interrogates key questions: Were the rules intended to function as ancient Israel's statutory law? Is there evidence to indicate that they served a different purpose? What is the relationship between this legal material and other parts of the Hebrew Bible? Most importantly, the book provides an in-depth look at the content of the Torah's laws, with individual essays on substantive, procedural, and ritual law. With contributions from an international team of experts, written specially for this volume, The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible provides an up-to-date look at scholarship on biblical law and outlines themes and topics for future research.
- Provides up-to-date and focused explanations of current scholarship on the history, nature, and legacy of biblical law
- Provides an in-depth look at the content of the Bible's laws, with individual essays on substantive law, procedural law, and ritual law
- Contains essays by fifteen different leading scholars who represent some of the finest institutions in Europe and North America
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