What Is Biblical Law? A Look at Pentateuchal Rules and Near Eastern Practice From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Wells, Bruce | Copyright Catholic Biblical Association of America Apr 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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One has to be very careful in using the Code of Hammurabi for expressing reality.

-Rivka Harris

As far as Hammurabi is concerned I think he is a very true mirror of the law.

-Raymond Westbrook1

SHOULD THE SO-CALLED LAWS of the Pentateuch be considered actual law?2 This is a difficult question to answer. Traditional thinking has typically assumed an affirmative answer and even ...

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