A Law Book for the Diaspora : Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code.

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The History of Research on the Covenant Code -- The "Pillars" of Priority -- Important Dissenting Voices -- Recent Studies in the Covenant Code -- Redaction Criticism of the Covenant Code -- Comparison with Near Eastern Codes -- The Evolutionist/Typological Approach -- The Historical/Diffusionist Approach -- Summary and Conclusion -- 2. The Framework of the Covenant Code -- The Larger Narrative Context of the Covenant Code -- The Search for the Covenant Code's Connection to Sinai -- Literary Analysis of the Sinai Pericope -- Moses, the Lawgiver -- The Opening Laws: Exodus 20:22-26 -- Prohibition against the Manufacture of Divine Images: Exodus 20:22-23 -- The Law of the Altar: Exodus 20:24-26 -- The Epilogue: Exodus 23:20-33 -- Problems and Issues -- Comparative Analysis -- Conclusion -- 3. The Civil Laws, or Mishpatim -- The Law of the Hebrew Slave -- The Debt-Slave in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Code -- The Hebrew Slave in Exodus 21:2-6 -- The "Purchase" Marriage: Exodus 21:7-11 -- The Law of the Hebrew Slave and Nehemiah 5:1-13 -- The Hebrew Slave and the Seven-Year Cycle -- Conclusion -- The Casuistic Laws and the Babylonian Law Codes -- The Compositional Structure of the Casuistic Laws -- Participial Prohibitions -- The Law of Asylum: Exodus 21:13-14 -- Laws on Bodily Injury: Exodus 21:18-27 -- The Injury to a Pregnant Woman and the Lex Talionis in Exodus 21:22-25 -- Laws on Slavery -- The Compensation Laws: The Goring Ox, Exodus 21:28-36 -- The Violation of an Unmarried Virgin: Exodus 22:15-16 [16-17] and Deuteronomy 22:28-29 -- Conclusion -- 4. Ethical Demands and Religious Obligations -- Social and Humanitarian Commandments -- First Series: Exodus 22:20-26 [21-27] -- Second Series: Exodus 23:1-9 -- Lost or Distressed Animals: Exodus 23:4-5.

The Social and Theological Setting of the Humanitarian Laws -- Apodictic Prohibitions and Injunctions -- Prohibition against Cursing God and the Community Leader: Exodus 22:27 [28] -- A General Cultic Admonition: Exodus 22:28a [29a] -- Child Sacrifice and Firstborn Animals: Exodus 22:28b-29 [29b-30] -- Consumption of an Animal Carcass: Exodus 22:30 [31] -- The Cultic Laws of Exodus 23:10-19 -- The Fallow Year (Exodus 23:10-11) and the Sabbath Year (Leviticus 25:3-7) -- Sabbath, or Seventh-Day, Rest -- Festival Laws -- Conclusion -- Summary and Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Scriptural and Other Sources Index.

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