Death of the Covenant Code:Capital Punishment in Old Greek Exodus in Light of Greco-Egyptian Law (Supplements to the Joual for the Study of Judaism, 211)

by: Joel Korytko (Author)

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Publication Date: 2023/8/24

Language: English

Print Length: 362 pages

ISBN-10: 9004682031

ISBN-13: 9789004682030

Book Description

This work illuminates how the earliest and predominant Greek translation of Exodus significantly and surprisingly transforms the meaning of laws with capital punishment in the Covenant Code, and it suggests that these transformations might find their origin in Greco-Egyptian law.

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This work illuminates how the earliest and predominant Greek translation of Exodus significantly and surprisingly transforms the meaning of laws with capital punishment in the Covenant Code, and it suggests that these transformations might find their origin in Greco-Egyptian law.