Re-establishing Justice: Legal Terms, Concepts and Procedures in the Hebrew Bible

by Pietro Bovati

Overview

In this very significant work, translated from the Italian, Bovati examines in careful detail the practice of justice in ancient Israel, first the bilateral controversy (the rib), and then the legal judgement properly speaking. "Re-establishing Justice" is destined to become the standard reference work in the field. The contents deal with 1. The juridical dispute in general. 2 The accusation, 3 The response of the accused, 4 The reconciliation, 5. Judgement in court, 6.The acts and procedures preceding the debate, 7. The debate, 8. The sentence and execution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567052650
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/01/2009
Series:	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies , #105
Pages:	478
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

Pietro Bovati is Professor of Exegesis of the Old Testament at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome