John Van Seters: 2 books
A Law Book for the Diaspora
Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2002
The foundation for all study of biblical law is the assumption that the Covenant Code is the oldest legal code in the Hebrew Bible and that all other laws are revisions of that code. This book sets forth the radical hypothesis that those laws in the covenant code that are similar to Deuteronomy and...
Changing Perspectives 1
Studies in the History, Literature and Religion of Biblical Israel
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
The volume brings together forty years of agenda-setting scholarship in Israelite and Judean history. The historical essays gathered here were among the first to raise serious questions about the "patriarchal age", the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of Canaan, and the temple of Solomon....