Sovereign Authority and the Elaboration of Law in the Bible and the Ancient Near East

by Dylan R. Johnson

Five Pentateuchal texts (Lev 24:10-23; Num 9:6-14; Num 15:32-36; Num 27:1-11; Num 36:1-12) offer unique visions of the elaboration of law in Israel's formative past. In response to individual legal cases, Yahweh enacts impersonal and general statutes reminiscent of biblical and ancient Near Eastern law collections. From the perspective of comparative law, Dylan R. Johnson proposes a new understanding of these texts as biblical rescripts: a legislative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161595092
• ISBN13: 9783161595097
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 383 Pages