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Author:   Dr. Sandra Jacobs (Kings College London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780567253934

ISBN 10:   0567253937
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   10 April 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1:1 The Research Context and Questions 1:2 Methodological Pre-Requisites 1:3 Access to Cuneiform Law 1:4 This Profile of the Comparative Method CHAPTER TWO: THE PRIESTLY REQUIRMENT OF CIRCUMCISION 2:1 Egyptian and Western Semitic Precedents 2:2 Circumcision and the Covenantal Promises to Abraham 2:3 As Cut or Excision in Genesis 17:14 2:4 A Substitution Rite for Child Sacrifice? 2:5 The Development of Circumcision as a Divine Seal CHAPTER THREE: TALION IN BIBLICAL LAW AND NARRATIVE 3:1 Definitions and Parameters 3:2 Talion: The Divine Prerogative 3:3 The Requirement of Finite Talion 3:3:1 A Life for a Life in the Covenant Code 3:3:2 As Live Human Substitution 3:3:3 Napsate Umalla 3:3:4 he will surely die : The Death Penalty in the Covenant Code 3:3:5 Financial Liability in the Covenant Code 3:3:6 Finite Talion: Leviticus 24:18 and 24:20 3:3:7 The Deuteronomic Revision: Life for Life 3:4 Reflective Talion and the Biblical as if Formulation 3:5 Divine Retribution and the Representation of Human Remains 3:6 Instrumental, Reflective and Symbolic Talion 3:6:1 An Eye for An Eye and the Misuse of Sight 3:6:2 A Tooth for A Tooth: Broken or Missing Teeth 3:6:3 A Hand for A Hand, Or His Name and His Seed? 3:6:4 You Shall Cut Off Her Palm 3:6:5 foot for foot : Or His Foot and Her Sandal? 3:7 Key Features of The Talionic Principle Summarized CHAPTER FOUR: LEGAL ACQUISITION: THE SLAVE AND ISRAEL'S CULT PERSONNEL 4:1 Introduction 4:2 Pierce His Ear with an Awl: Exodus 21:6 and Deuteronomy 15:16 4:3 Marking the Israelite as the Property of His God 4:4 The Priestly Consecration of Levites & Israelites 4:5 The Gift of A Sirku as a A Life for A Life CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY

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This book succeeds in shedding light on a fascinating topic. The author engages very well with Mesopotamian evidence of different kinds and displays an impressive knowledge of later rabbinic materials. This book is well researched ... and will prove a good resource for scholars -- T. M. Lemos, University of Western Ontario, Canada Journal of Theological Studies, vol. 65 Reviewed -- Peter J. Leithart Trinity House The observational depth and inclusion of the rabbinical sources contribute majorly to the illumination of this aspect of biblical law. A. C. Hagedorn, Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, De Gruyter

This book succeeds in shedding light on a fascinating topic. The author engages very well with Mesopotamian evidence of different kinds and displays an impressive knowledge of later rabbinic materials. This book is well researched . . . and will prove a good resource for scholars * Journal of Theological Studies, vol. 65 * Reviewed * Trinity House * The observational depth and inclusion of the rabbinical sources contribute majorly to the illumination of this aspect of biblical law. * A. C. Hagedorn, Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, De Gruyter *

Reviewed -- Peter J. Leithart Trinity House

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Sandra Jacobs is lecturer in the department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London, UK.

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