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Contents 6 Acknowledgements 8 Abbreviations 10 Introduction 14 1 Legal Obligation and the Ancient Near Eastern Law ‘Codes’ 14 2 Interpretation as the Key to Identifying Legal Obligation 19 3 Legal Theory and the Problem of Conceptual Anachronism 20 4 Overview of Chapters 23 Part 1 Theory and Method 26 Chapter 1 Identifying Legal Obligation in Interpretive Sources 28 1 Legal Obligation and the Nature of Law’s Authority 28 2 The Rule of Law and Legal Interpretation 39 3 Sabbath Interpretation as a Test Case 52 4 Conclusion 60 Chapter 2 History of Research and the Need for a Legal-Theoretical Approach 62 1 Arguments for the Non-Binding Character of Ancient Near Eastern Law 63 2 History of Scholarship and Conflicting Assumptions about Law 68 3 Conclusion 88 Chapter 3 Authority and Problem of Interpretation 89 1 Defining Interpretation, Authority, and Scripture 89 2 Authority and the Problem of Interpretation 92 3 Authority Transfer and the Limits of Interpretation in Modern Law 95 4 Authority and Interpretation in Ancient Israel and Early Judaism 98 5 Interpretive Methods and Motives 107 6 Conclusion 110 Part 2 Textual Analysis 112 Chapter 4 Legal Interpretation in the Temple Scroll’s

Author

Vroom, Jonathan;

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