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The foreigner and the law : perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / edited by Reinhard Achenbach, Rainer Albertz and Jakob Wöhrle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte ; Bd. 16.Publication details: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011.Description: 180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 3447064706 (alkaline paper)
  • 9783447064705 (alkaline paper)
Other title:
  • Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.39 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1199.S76 S62 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BS 1199 .S76 S62 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA27633 Available AUA27633

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.