Neo-Babylonian Trial Records

by Shalom Holtz

Overview

Fifty examples of the written remains of litigation in late 6th century B.C.E. Mesopotamia afford a close-up view on ancient courtroom encounters and shed light on facets of legal culture and daily life. Each text is transliterated and translated into English and preceded by an explanatory introduction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589839434
Publisher:	Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date:	02/27/2014
Series:	Writings from the Ancient World
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Shalom E. Holtz is Associate Professor Bible at Yeshiva University in New York, an Assyriologist and biblical scholar interested in Mesopotamian literature and law and their relationships to biblical and post-biblical writings. He is the author of Neo-Babylonian Court Procedure (Brill, 2009).