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9780198269311
Bernard Jackson explains how early biblical law differed from the binding rules of the courts in the present day. He shows that adjudication was originally a matter of divinely mediated fairness, while written laws used narrative images and literary devices in order to teach.Jackson, Bernard S. is the author of 'Wisdom-Laws A Study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 12 1-22 16' with ISBN 9780198269311 and ISBN 0198269315.
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