Legal Revision and Religious Renewal in Ancient Israel
by: Beard M. Levinson (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (16 Oct. 2008)
Language: English
Print length: 236 pages
ISBN-10: 0521513448
ISBN-13: 9780521513449
Book Description
This book examines the doctrine of transgenerational punishment found in the Decalogue – the idea that God punishes sinners vicariously, extending the punishment due them to three or four generations of their progeny. Although a ‘God-given’ law, the unfaiess of punishing innocent people in this way was clearly recognized in ancient Israel. A series of inner-biblical and post-biblical responses to the rule demonstrates that later writers were able to criticize, reject, and replace this doctrine with the notion of individual retribution. Supporting further study, it includes a valuable bibliographical essay on the distinctive approach of inner-biblical exegesis, showing the contributions of European, Israeli, and North American scholars. This Cambridge release represents a major revision and expansion of the French edition, L’Herméneutique de l’innovation:Canon et exégèse dans l’Israël biblique, nearly doubling its length with extensive content and offering alteative perspectives on debates about canonicity, textual authority, and authorship.
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