Carmichael, Calum M.

Law and narrative in the Bible : the evidence of the Deuteronomic laws and the Decalogue / Calum M. Carmichael - Ithaca : Cornell U.P., 1985 - 356 p. ; 23 cm.

Kingship and the centralization of the cult -- Apostate rulers -- Acknowledgment of Yahweh's sovereignty -- Confrontations between prophet and king -- Misdirected hostility -- Justified and unjustified military engagement -- Problems of pedigree -- Sexual matters in patriarchal times -- Foreign relations and Israel's expansion -- Problems of kin -- Protection of the vulnerable -- The Decalogue.

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Bible. -- Old Testament.

BS1181.17 / .C37 1985