Wisdom-Laws - A Study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1-22:16 (Hardcover, New)

We think of law as rules whose words are binding, used by the courts in the adjudication of disputes. Bernard S. Jackson explains that early biblical law was significantly different, and that many of the laws in the Covenant Code in Exodus should be viewed as "wisdom-laws." By this term, he means "self-executing" rules, the provisions of which permit their application without recourse to the law-courts or similar institutions. They thus conform to two tenets of the "wisdom tradition": that judicial dispute should be avoided, and that the law is a type of teaching, or "wisdom."

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	May 2006
Authors:	Bernard S. Jackson
Dimensions:	242 x 162 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	576
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-826931-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Foundations of law > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections
LSN:	0-19-826931-5
Barcode:	9780198269311

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