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Levinson, Bernard M.

Legal revision and religious renewal in ancient Israel [electronic resource] / Bernard M. Levinson. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xxvi, 206 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Biblical studies as the meeting point of the humanities -- Rethinking the relation between "canon" and "exegesis" -- The problem of innovation within the formative canon -- The reworking of the principle of transgenerational punishment: four case studies -- The canon as sponsor of innovation -- The phenomenon of rewriting within the Hebrew Bible: a bibliographic essay on inner-biblical exegesis in the history of scholarship.


Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780511424090 (electronic bk.) 0511424094 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--O.T.--Historiography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Punishment--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Punishment (Jewish law)
God (Judaism)--Righteousness.
God (Judaism)--History of doctrines.
Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BM729.P85 / L48 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 296.3/118