Studies in Biblical Law - From the Hebrew Bible to the Dead Sea Scrolls

Gershon Brin examines the development of biblical law, suggesting that it may be due to different authors with different legal outlooks, or that the differing policies were required in response to different social needs, etc. Biblical laws appearing in the Dead Sea Scrolls literature are treated in a separate unit. Study of this subject can shed light both on the biblical laws as such, as well as on the manner of their reworking by the Judaean Desert sect. Brin also discusses here questions of the style, the idea, and the historical and ideological background underlying the reworking of these laws in Qumran. The second part of the book presents a comprehensive picture of the issues involved in the laws of the first-born, a subject that has legal, social and religious implications.

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• Authors: Gershon Brin, Brin Gershon
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1994
• EAN: 9781850754848
• ISBN: 978-1-85075-484-8
• No. of pages: 309
• Series: JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Systems of law, Jewish Studies, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Systems of law: Islamic law, LAW / Islamic, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Systems of law: Jewish Law