The foreigner and the law : perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East /

The foreigner and the law : perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East. edited by Reinhard Achenbach, Rainer Albertz and Jakob Wöhrle. - Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011. - 180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte (BZAR) ; Band 16. . - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte ; Bd. 16. .

Papers presented at the Biblical Law session of the SBL International Meeting, 2009, Rome.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foreigners under foreign rulers : the case of Kassite Babylonia (2nd half of the 2nd millennium BC) / Susanne Paulus -- Stigmatizing associations : the alien, things alien, and practices associated with aliens in biblical classification schemas / Saul Olyan -- gêr, nåkhrî, tôshav, zâr : legal and sacral distinctions regarding foreigners in the Pentateuch / Reinhard Achenbach -- From aliens to proselytes : non-priestly and priestly legislation concerning strangers / Rainer Albertz -- The integrative function of the law of circumcision / Jakob Wöhrle -- The common basis of the covenant and the distinction between Isaac and Ishmael in Gen 17 : the case of Ishmael and the non-Israelite-descendants of Abraham in the priestly code / Thomas Naumann -- Resident aliens and natives in the holiness legislation / Christophe Nihan -- The quasi-alien in Leviticus 25 / Bruce Wells -- "Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar" (Isa 56:7) : Gentile Yhwh-worshipers and their participation in the cult of Israel / Volker Haarmann.

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Aliens (Jewish law)--Congresses.
Strangers in the Bible--Congresses.

BS1199.S76 / S62 2011

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