Daniel Friedmann. To Kill and Take Possession: Law, Morality, and Society in Biblical Stories. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003. xiii, 327 pp.

This volume takes a very different approach to biblical narrative, law, and society. In many ways, it is a treatise on comparative mythology, on comparative legal practice and attitudes. The author, Daniel Friedmann, is very forthcoming, saying that he does not intend “to tackle the immensity of sch...

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Main Author: Matthews, Victor H. 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2006
In: AJS review
Year: 2006, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 197-199
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