Bibliograph

Law, power, and justice in ancient Israel, Douglas A. Knight

Type

Label

Law, power, and justice in ancient Israel, Douglas A. Knight

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Law, power, and justice in ancient Israel

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Douglas A. Knight

Series statement

Library of ancient Israel

Summary

From leading Old Testament scholar Douglas A. Knight comes the latest volume in the Library of Ancient Israel series. Using socio-anthropological theory and archaeological evidence, Knight argues that while the laws in the Hebrew Bible tend to reflect the interests of those in power, the majority of ancient Israelitesâ€"located in villagesâ€"developed their own unwritten customary laws to regulate behavior and resolve legal conflicts in their own communities. This book includes numerous examples from village, city, and cult. Volumes in the Library of Ancient Israel draw on multiple disciplinesâ€"such as archaeology, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, and literary criticismâ€"to illuminate the everyday realities and social subtleties these ancient cultures experienced. This series employs sophisticated methods resulting in original contributions that depict the reality of the people behind the Hebrew Bible and interprets these insights for a wide variety of readers

Target audience

adult

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