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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Sandra Jacobs |
OCLC Number: | 1010827263 |
Description: | XVI, 260 p. ; 24 cm. |
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Series Title: | Library of Hebrew Bible, Old Testament Studies, 582; T & T Clark Library of Biblical Studies |
Responsibility: | Sandra Jacobs. |
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Publisher Synopsis
This book succeeds in shedding light on a fascinating topic. The author engages very well with Mesopotamian evidence of different kinds and displays an impressive knowledge of later rabbinic materials. This book is well researched . . . and will prove a good resource for scholars -- T. M. Lemos, University of Western Ontario, Canada * Journal of Theological Studies, vol. 65 * Reviewed -- Peter J. Leithart * Trinity House * The observational depth and inclusion of the rabbinical sources contribute majorly to the illumination of this aspect of biblical law. * A. C. Hagedorn, Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, De Gruyter * Read more...

