Title Homicide in the biblical world / Pamela Barmash.

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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Note	Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1999.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- A first case: the story of Cain and Abel -- Blood feud and state control -- The development of places of refuge in the Bible -- Pollution and homicide -- Typologies of homicide -- Lex Talionis -- International law: the homicide of a foreign citizen -- Conclusion -- Appendix: cuneiform sources on homicide.
Summary	This book examines the way homicide was prosecuted and punished in the Bible and shows how justice reflects the religion and culture of the Bible. The book compares the law of the Bible to the law of the ancient Near East.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Bibel Altes Testament.
	Homicide (Jewish law) -- Biblical teaching.
	Homicide (Jewish law)
	Biblical teaching.
	Homicide (Ancient law)
	Homicide (Ancient law)
	Homicide -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Homicide.
Genre/Form	Cross-cultural studies.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Barmash, Pamela, 1966- Homicide in the biblical world. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521834686 0521547733 (DLC) 2004045668 (OCoLC)57397386
ISBN	0511081065 (electronic book)
	9780511081064 (electronic book)
	9780511614170 (electronic book)
	0511614179 (electronic book)
	9780511080302
	0511080301
	0521834686 (Cloth)
	9780521834681
	0521547733 (paperback)
	9780521547734 (paperback)

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