Inventing God's Law
Author | : David P. Wright |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2009-09-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195304756 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195304756 |
Rating | : 4/5 (756 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Inventing God's Law by : David P. Wright
Download or read book Inventing God's Law written by David P. Wright and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Wright argues that the so-called Covenant Collection of the Torah (Exodus 20:23-23:19) is chiefly the work of a single author, is the result of intellectual interaction with the author's sources and it may have had a politically ideological purpose, somewhat similar to that of the Laws of Hammurabi.