Legal revision and religious renewal in ancient Israel - Levinson, Bernard M. (Bernard Malcolm); NetLibrary, Inc. (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. -- Historiography; Punishment -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Punishment (Jewish law); God (Judaism) -- Righteousness; God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines; Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.; Electronic books