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The foreigner and the law : perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / edited by Reinhard Achenbach, Rainer Albertz and Jakob Wöhrle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte ; Bd. 16.Publication details: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011.Description: 180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 3447064706 (alkaline paper)
  • 9783447064705 (alkaline paper)
Other title:
  • Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.39 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1199.S76 S62 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreigners under foreign rulers : the case of Kassite Babylonia (2nd half of the 2nd millennium BC) / Susanne Paulus -- Stigmatizing associations : the alien, things alien, and practices associated with aliens in biblical classification schemas / Saul Olyan -- gêr, nåkhrî, tôshav, zâr : legal and sacral distinctions regarding foreigners in the Pentateuch / Reinhard Achenbach -- From aliens to proselytes : non-priestly and priestly legislation concerning strangers / Rainer Albertz -- The integrative function of the law of circumcision / Jakob Wöhrle -- The common basis of the covenant and the distinction between Isaac and Ishmael in Gen 17 : the case of Ishmael and the non-Israelite-descendants of Abraham in the priestly code / Thomas Naumann -- Resident aliens and natives in the holiness legislation / Christophe Nihan -- The quasi-alien in Leviticus 25 / Bruce Wells -- "Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar" (Isa 56:7) : Gentile Yhwh-worshipers and their participation in the cult of Israel / Volker Haarmann.
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Papers presented at the Biblical Law session of the SBL International Meeting, 2009, Rome.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foreigners under foreign rulers : the case of Kassite Babylonia (2nd half of the 2nd millennium BC) / Susanne Paulus -- Stigmatizing associations : the alien, things alien, and practices associated with aliens in biblical classification schemas / Saul Olyan -- gêr, nåkhrî, tôshav, zâr : legal and sacral distinctions regarding foreigners in the Pentateuch / Reinhard Achenbach -- From aliens to proselytes : non-priestly and priestly legislation concerning strangers / Rainer Albertz -- The integrative function of the law of circumcision / Jakob Wöhrle -- The common basis of the covenant and the distinction between Isaac and Ishmael in Gen 17 : the case of Ishmael and the non-Israelite-descendants of Abraham in the priestly code / Thomas Naumann -- Resident aliens and natives in the holiness legislation / Christophe Nihan -- The quasi-alien in Leviticus 25 / Bruce Wells -- "Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar" (Isa 56:7) : Gentile Yhwh-worshipers and their participation in the cult of Israel / Volker Haarmann.