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The Book of the Covenant (Exodus 20:22-23:33) is one of the Old Testament collections of legal texts. This volume offers an introduction, translation and detailed commentary. Special attention is given to the character of the Book of the Covenant, to its innerbiblical context, and its relation with the other Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern law traditions. The implications of the existing relations, the Book's actualisation within the Old Testament, and the history of interpretation are described with care. Thanks to its clear structure, this study is an excellent guide through a specific area of ancient program literature. An important book for all who are interested in the law traditions of the Ancient Near East, the ethics of the Bible, and law history in general.

Book of the Covenant --- Commentaries.

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Book of the Covenant --- Criticism, interpretation, etc, --- 222.3 --- Exodus. Leviticus. Numeri --- Bible. --- Bundesbuch --- Covenant Code

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Jewish law --- Law (Theology) --- Biblical teaching --- Book of the Covenant --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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"Many laws in the Old Greek translation of the Covenant Code do not say the same thing as the Hebrew text. In the past, various idiosyncrasies in the Greek translation of laws that involve the death penalty had been glossed over and considered stylistic variations or grammatical outliers. However, when the text-linguistic features of the Greek translation are compared to contemporary literary, documentary, and legal Greek sources, new readings emerge: cursing a parent is no longer punishable by death; a law about bestiality becomes a law about animal husbandry; the authority of certain legal commands is deregulated. This work explores these and other new readings in comparison with contemporary Greco-Egyptian law".

Capital punishment. --- Capital punishment --- History. --- Law, Greek --- Law, Ancient --- Book of the Covenant. --- Philosophy. --- Bible. --- Commentaries

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Jewish law --- Law (Theology) --- Sociology, Biblical --- Biblical teaching --- Book of the Covenant --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.