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David Andrew Teeter examines the nature and background of deliberate scribal changes in the texts and versions of biblical law during the late Second Temple per
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Among the best-known and most esteemed people known from antiquity is the Babylonian king Hammurabi. His fame and reputation are due to the collection of laws w
The Transformation of Torah from Scribal Advice to Law
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Recent discussion of biblical law sees it either as a response to socio-economic factors or as an intellectual tradition. In either case it is viewed as the pro
Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible
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The scribes of ancient Israel are the main figures behind the Hebrew Bible, and this book tells their story for the first time. Drawing comparisons with the scr
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Being the first legal corpus in the biblical canon, Exodus 19–24 is a law collection that belonged to a people living under the shadow of empire. Using an int