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.
| ISBN: | 9781850759539 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 1999 |
| Author: | Anne Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland FitzpatrickMcKinley |
| Publisher: | Sheffield Academic Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Genres: |
Bible readings, selections and meditations Judaism Social groups: religious groups and communities |