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.