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A Law Book for the Diaspora : Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code (38163) John Van Seters |
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Praise for A Law Book for the Diaspora "The effect of the book is to overturn
more than a century of critical scholarship and call for a complete
reassessment of the standard positions on the development of the Bible and
the history of |
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Steven L. Mckenzie,
author of King David: a Biography "In his characteristically incisive
manner, John Van Seters proposes that the book of
the covenant is not the oldest legal collection in the Hebrew Bible but arose
centuries later as 'a law for the diaspora '. His
argument, developed through careful comparison with other legal texts, turn
long-held notions on their head. Van Seters has
once again challenged biblical scholars to rethink their fundamental
assumptions." Douglas A. Knight, Professor of Hebrew Bible
and Chair of the Graduate Department of Religion, |