The Origin And History Of Hebrew Law

Smith, J.M. Powis. The Origin and History of Hebrew Law. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1931]. ix, 285 pp. Reprint available February,2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-489-4. Cloth. $85. * Smith traces the history of Hebrew law from its beginning the Decalogue to its close in the Priestly Code, considers its relation to contemporary social history and compares it to the Hittite, Assyrian and Babylonian codes. The extensive appendices contains complete translations of the Code of Hammurabi and the Assyrian and Hittite codes. Recommended by Roscoe Pound in the Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence (5th. ed.) 233.J. M. Powis Smith is the author of 'The Origin And History Of Hebrew Law' with ISBN 9781584774891 and ISBN 1584774894.