The Torah as a Place of Refuge : Biblical Criminal Law and the Book of Numbers
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe
ISBN-10
3161541383
ISBN-13
9783161541384
Publisher
Mohr Siebeck
Imprint
Mohr Siebeck
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 12th, 2016
Print length
197 Pages
Weight
314 grams
Product Classification:
NoneChristian theology
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The law on the "cities of refuge" contained in Num 35,9-34 is almost universally seen as a simple repetition of legal content that is basically already present in the legislation of other biblical books. Francesco Cocco demonstrates that we find ourselves here before a case of reformulation instead of simple repetition, the implications of which are extremely interesting for the understanding of biblical penal legislation. In this particular fragment, it exhibits traces of modernity so surprising as to be as good as the defence of civil liberties in the legal systems currently in force in the majority of democratic states. The author's enquiry takes its starting point and develops, therefore, from the novel contribution which the legislation in Num 35,9-34 confers on the entire biblical law of a penal character.
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