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This work contains synopses in Hebrew of the different laws of the Pentateuch. It is arranged thematically. The main collections and lists are followed in succession and in their entirety. The main part of the work consists of the synopses. The laws figure in them according to the collections and lists to which they belong. Secondary parallels indicate allusions to, or quotations from, the Old Testament. The introduction provides the methodological principles of the work and explains how to use it. Tables enable the student to visualize all the parallels quickly. Notes explain the choices that have been made. In order to study the laws, it is necessary to compare them. This book facilitates research into the pentateuchal collections and lists, as it does into special prescriptions, rites or institutes.

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'C'est une grande reconnaissance que les exegetes de l'AT doivent a l'auteur de ce remarquable outil de travail dont la production a represente, on l'imagine facilement, une besogne considerable. ...cet ouvrage fera date et prendra place dans toutes les bonnes bibliotheques bibliques.' Jean-Daniel Macchi, Etudes Theologiques et Religieuses, 1995.

'C'est une grande reconnaissance que les exegetes de l'AT doivent a l'auteur de ce remarquable outil de travail dont la production a represente, on l'imagine facilement, une besogne considerable. ...cet ouvrage fera date et prendra place dans toutes les bonnes bibliotheques bibliques.' Jean-Daniel Macchi, Etudes Theologiques et Religieuses, 1995.

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Guy Lasserre was born in 1958 and obtained his doctorate in Theology at Lausanne University in 1993. He specialises in the study of the pentateuchal laws. At present, he is a minister in Yverdon (Switzerland).

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