Publication

2005-01-28 - University Press of America

Language

English

Word Count

63,000 words, Guess

Page Count

252 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100761833714
  • ISBN-139780761833710
  • Goodreads3676935
  • OCLC Control Number64021590
  • Open LibraryOL8027929M
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Description

This book approaches the laws of the Pentateuch from theological, historical, moral, and spiritual perspectives. Theologically, this book raises a question of hermeneutics: What are Christians to make of the law? Biblical Law and Its Relevance, while taking into consideration the approaches of Reformed, Dispensationalist, Lutheran, and Theonomist scholars, proposes a distinctive hermeneutic of seeking to find the abiding moral and religious principles inherent in the laws. In pursuing this goal, this book employs a comparative-legal methodology that examines biblical laws in their ancient Near Eastern historical setting and in comparison with rabbinic, modern, and especially cuneiform laws. It seeks to determine the original significance of the lex talionis formula ("eye for an eye") and the rules of clean / unclean. It also surveys how the laws were administered from the time of Joshua to the end of the Old Testament period.

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