• ISBN13: 9780521834681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: General Books
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2004
• Pages: 270
• Original Price: USD 116.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 463 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General and Biblical Studies / General

Analyzing the treatment of homicide in the Hebrew Bible, this study demonstrates that it is directly linked to the social structure and religion of ancient Israel. Pamela Barmash reconstructs biblical law from both legal texts and narrative texts and analyzes the law collections and documents of actual legal cases from the ancient Near East.

Barmash, Pamela: - Pamela Barmash is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her PhD from Harvard University and her Rabbinic Ordination from The Jewish Theological Seminary. She has published in various journals including Vetus Testamentum, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Jewish Quarterly Review, Journal of Biblical Literature, and Hebrew Studies.