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This article draws upon Robert Alter’s insights into biblical narrative to challenge the strict dichotomies between “law” and “narrative” in the Hebrew Bible, demonstrating that both genres share many rhetorical techniques, and providing a template of narrative vision and legal praxis intertwined.
In the biblical tradition, it is the concept of God's righteousness that provides the basis for a distinct perception of law. “Law” is understood as God's law, given to his people at Mount Sinai as the commandment for a prosperous conduct of life.
6 Νοε 2019 · The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Law provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the major questions, principles, concepts, texts, and critical methodologies pertinent to biblical law.
This lecture introduces biblical law in a comparative approach that identifies similarities and differences between Israelite law and other Ancient Near Eastern legal traditions, such as the Code of Hammurabi.
6 Νοε 2019 · Nathan’s confrontation with David, which follows the story of David and Bathsheba (2 Sam. 12:1–6), is an excellent option for illustrating the reflection of legal elements in biblical narrative, as both the parable and David’s statement in reaction to the story have legal qualities.
28 Νοε 2016 · By word count alone, biblical law comprises a vast proportion of the first five books of the Bible; a significant section of Exodus and much of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy contains some form of legal material.
A. Why study biblical law? This continuity has, at the same time, given biblical law a claim to historical influence unmatched by any other legal system of antiquity. As far as the West is concerned, this influence is due largely to the spread of Christianity.
