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3 - The Nature of the Collections

from Part II - The Biblical Legal Collections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

By
Bruce Wells
Edited by
Bruce Wells
Bruce Wells
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Summary

This chapter introduces the biblical law collections or codes: the Ten Commandments, the Covenant Collection, the Priestly Collection, the Holiness Collection, and the Deuteronomic Collection. It examines whether they come from a particular source, whether they should be considered mainly legal or literary works, and whether later collections sought to revise or reinterpret earlier ones.

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Covenant CodeHoliness CodeDeuteronomic Codecultural diffusion
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The Cambridge Companion to Law in the Hebrew Bible , pp. 55 - 75
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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