The Genre of the Meṣad Ḥashavyahu Ostracon
R. Westbrook identifies the Meṣad Ḥashavyahu ostracon as a "plea of gzl," an extrajudicial petition addressed to the king or his subordinates in cases of abuse of power involving the wrongful taking of property. This article presents additional evidence in support of this understanding of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
1994
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1994, Volume: 295, Pages: 49-55 |
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| Summary: | R. Westbrook identifies the Meṣad Ḥashavyahu ostracon as a "plea of gzl," an extrajudicial petition addressed to the king or his subordinates in cases of abuse of power involving the wrongful taking of property. This article presents additional evidence in support of this understanding of the ostracon's genre. After summarizing Westbrook's understanding of "abuse of power" and how it relates to the specific legal issue addressed in the ostracon, procedural parallels from 2 Sam 14:2-22 are adduced and shown to confirm the identification of the ostracon's genre as an extrajudicial petition. In light of this understanding of the ostracon's genre, the usually accepted restorations for two of the ostracon's lacunae (lines 12 and 14) are reconsidered and a new interpretation of the well-known crux involving wʾm-lʾ in line 12 is proposed. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357104 |