A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law
981 1.4 Legal Ostraca Two such documents have survived dealing with legal matters. One, the Meßad Hashavyahu letter, is a ...
982 written on a scroll so that he can study it and act properly (Deut. 17:18–20). 2.1.2 The Figure of M ...
983 freeing the monarchs from the tragic dilemmas that plagued Israel in Judges 11 and 21 (1 Sam. 14). 2.Outlawing necrom ...
984 declaring, “Would that they made me the judge in the land and everyone who had a legal dispute would ...
985 2.1.3.8 Kings are not above the law. Jonathan tries to convince Saul not to “commit innocent blood” by killing David ...
986 true ( Jer. 26:18–20), and Uriah, who had prophesied against the city in the days of Jehoiaqim, who ...
987 been found for such officials, possibly impressed with the same seal.^23 In addition, there were local “town ≤ars” du ...
988 2.4.3 Jehoshaphat established a system of judges throughout the land, perhaps to break the close con ...
989 2.6.1 The elders of the cities of refuge meet the fleeing killer at the gates and, having heard his story, settle him ...
990 2.8.1 The specific judicial role of Priests and Levites was to super- vise legal disputes and senten ...
991 8:32), assembled the whole people and read the book with its bless- ings and curses ( Josh. 8:33–35). Samuel wrote a ...
992 to the king” to reclaim the land she left because of famine. The king sent a man to help her get bac ...
993 of fee. The first problem with fees is that if there are court fees, then no one will judge the case of the orphan or ...
994 L 3.1 Parties The scant information we have suggests that any adult could be a party to a ...
995 indict those who, demanding fees for judgment, were not willing to hear the cases of those who could not pay the fee ...
996 3.3.1.4 Testimony against oneself is not presented in the law col- lections, but Achan confessed aft ...
997 3.4.3 “The oath of God” is prescribed “between” the owner and guardian of an animal that dies or is broken or wanders ...
998 3.5 Judgment In the case of petitions to authority, the authority (king or ≤ar) heard or read the pe ...
999 3.6.1 Blood Avenger The victim’s nearest kin was to kill a murderer. He operated as the community’s representative an ...
1000 that there will never cease to be poor people in the land (Deut. 15:4, 11). Concerned about the con ...
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