| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 185 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe,
1611-4914 ;
84
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Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 84.
1611-4914
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Law in the Bible and in the Ancient Near East -- "Biblical law ": ambiguities, problems and challenges of a definition -- "Does it make sense to speak of 'biblical law'?" : Epistemological problems -- Methodological difficulties : the problem of the sources -- Comparison with roman law -- Comparison with anglo-saxon law -- Juridical models of the 19th Century : between 'evolutionism' and 'diffusionism' -- The 'evolutionist' model -- The 'diffusionist' model -- Authority of the law and the law-text relationship -- Authority of the law according to the statutory model -- Authority of the law according to the customary model -- Law-text relationship in the two models -- Affirmation of statutory law in Europe -- Law of the ancient Near East -- Principal Mesopotamian juridical collections -- Juridical tradition of ancient Egypt -- General considerations on the legislative collections of the ANE -- Statutory Interpretation : the law of the ANE as positive or prescriptive law -- Customary interpretation of the laws of the ANE -- Elements of continuity between the laws of the ANE and biblical law -- Peculiar elements of biblical law compared with the laws of the ANE -- "What, then, is biblical law?" an attempt at synthesis -- Biblical Criminal Law and the Book of Numbers -- Criteria distinguishing 'civil law' and 'criminal law' in the biblical legislative texts -- State of the art in recent literature -- A proposal to distinguish the norms based on the nature of conflict -- Criteria for the cataloguing and structuring of biblical laws -- Situational or 'external' criterion of cataloguing -- 'Internal' criterion of cataloguing of the laws -- Penal legislation in the book of Numbers -- Legislative texts of the book of Numbers : general considerations -- General structure of the book of Numbers -- Organisation of the legislative material of the book of Numbers -- "Repetition or Reformulation?" : the Curious Case of Num 35:9-34 -- Pericope in its literary context : demarcation and structure -- Beginning of the pericope -- Conclusion of the pericope -- Internal articolation of the pericope : a structural hypothesis -- Exegetical analysis of Num 35,9-34 -- Injunction to designate "cities of refuge" (vv. 10b-15) -- Meaning of ... -- Meaning of ... -- Meaning of ... and its specific function in Num 35,9-34 -- Meaning of the syntagma ... -- Interpretation of Num 35,12 and its consequences for the hermeneutics of the whole pericope -- Meaning of ... -- Meaning of ... and ... -- Conclusion of Num 35,15 -- Determination of the different examples of homicide and their regulation (vv. 16-29) -- Particularly wilful case, or malicious murder (vv. 16-21) -- Unintentional case, or manslaughter (vv. 22-23) -- Key function of Num 35,24 -- Procedure to be adopted in the case of homicide (vv. 24-29) -- Procedural clarifications and theologico-religious conclusion (vv. 30-34) -- Procedural clarifications (vv. 30-32) -- Theologico-religious conclusion (vv. 33-34) -- "From Law to Law" : understanding the novelty of Num 35,9-34 in the light of selected Biblical Criminal Laws -- Comparison with thematically related texts -- Case of homicide in the mishpat of Ex 21,12-14 -- Legislation in the cities of refuge in Deut 19,1-13 -- Relationship between Deut 19,1-13 and Deut 4,41-43 -- Internal structure of Deut 19,1-13 -- Introduction of the legislation on the cities of refuge (Deut 19,1-3) -- Purpose and demarcation of the area of the validity of the law (Deut 19,4-10) -- Regulation of the cases of murder (Deut 19,11-13) -- Summary considerations on the legislation of Deut 19,1-13 -- Legislation on the cities of refuge in Josh 20,1-9 -- Differences between the Hebrew and the Greek texts of Josh 20,1-9 -- Proposal of A. Rofé : the Greek text of LXXB is the archetype of Josh 20 -- Proposal of L. Schmidt : the Grundbestand of the Masoretic Text is the archetype of Josh 20 -- Conclusions on the interdependence of the four biblical texts analysed -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References (selective) -- Authors Index -- Subject Index. |
| Summary |
The law on the "cities of refuge" contained in Numbers 35:9-34 is almost universally seen as a simple repetition of legal content that is basically already present in the legislation of other biblical books. Francesco Cocco demonstrates that we find ourselves here before a case of reformulation instead of simple repetition, the implications of which are extremely interesting for the understanding of biblical penal legislation. In this particular fragment, it exhibits traces of modernity so surprising as to be as good as the defence of civil liberties in the legal systems currently in force in the majority of democratic states. The author's enquiry takes its starting point and develops, therefore, from the novel contribution which the legislation in Numbers 35:9-34 confers on the entire biblical law of a penal character. -- Publisher's description |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Bible. Numbers -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Numbers. |
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Bible. Numbers. |
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Bible. Numbers -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Burden of proof.
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Burden of proof. |
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Judgments, Criminal.
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Judgments, Criminal. |
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Fair trial.
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Fair trial. |
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Jewish law -- Biblical teaching. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Asylum, Right of -- Biblical teaching. |
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Judgments, Criminal. |
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Fair trial. |
| Indexed Term |
Biblical Law Book of Numbers Torah Homicide Cities of Refuge Altes Testament |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cocco, Francesco, 1975- Torah as a place of refuge. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2016] 9783161541384 (DLC) 2016378340 (OCoLC)942850698 |
| ISBN |
3161543521 |
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9783161543524 (electronic book) |
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9783161541384 (paperback) |
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3161541383 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
10.1628/978-3-16-154352-4 |
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