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Laws in the Bible and in early rabbinic collections : the legal legacy of the ancient Near East by Samuel Greengus; is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Laws in the Bible and in early rabbinic collections : the legal legacy of the ancient Near East about?
The remarkable discovery of ancient Near Eastern law collections or "codes," beginning with the Laws of Hammurabi and followed by many other collections in decades following, opened a new window upon biblical law. This volume seeks to examine within a single study all of the biblical laws that are similar in content with ancient Near Eastern laws from Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Hatti. The book also examines a small but important group of early rabbinic laws from postbiblical times
Who reads Laws in the Bible and in early rabbinic collections : the legal legacy of the ancient Near East?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Samuel Greengus;
- Publisher
- Cascade Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781608999460
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Judaism, Law, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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