| Transformation of Torah from Scribal Advice to Law Contributor(s): Fitzpatrick-McKinley, Anne (Author), Mein, Andrew (Editor), Camp, Claudia V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1850759537 ISBN-13: 9781850759539 Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press OUR PRICE: $227.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1999 Annotation: Recent discussion of biblical law sees it either as a response to socio-economic factors or as an intellectual tradition. In either case it is viewed as the product of elites that form an international community drawing on a common culture. This book takes that fundamental discussion a step further by proposing that 'law' is an inappropriate term for the biblical codes, and that they represent, rather, the 'moral advice' of scribes working independently of the legal framework and appealing to Yahweh as authority. Only by prolonged exegesis and through the transformation of Judaean religion does this 'advice' take the form of divine law binding on Jews. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General - Religion | Theology |
| Dewey: 222.1 |
| LCCN: 99231728 |
| Series: JSOT Supplement (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.48" W x 9.5" (0.94 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recent discussion of biblical law sees it either as a response to socio-economic factors or as an intellectual tradition. In either case it is viewed as the product of elites that form an international community drawing on a common culture. This book takes that fundamental discussion a step further by proposing that 'law' is an inappropriate term for the biblical codes, and that they represent, rather, the 'moral advice' of scribes working independently of the legal framework and appealing to Yahweh as authority. Only by prolonged exegesis and through the transformation of Judaean religion does this 'advice' take the form of divine law binding on Jews. |