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"The scriptural laws dealing with widows, strangers, and orphans are conventionally viewed as rules meant to aid the plight of vulnerable persons in ancient Israelite society. In Injustice Made Legal Harold V. Bennett challenges this perspective, arguing instead that key sanctions found in Deuteronomy were actually drafted by a powerful elite to enhance their own material condition and keep the peasantry down.".
"Building his case on a careful analysis of life in the ancient world and on his understanding of critical law theory, Bennett views Deuteronomic law through the eyes of the needy in Israelite society. His unique approach uncovers the previously neglected link between politico-economic interests and the formulation of law.
The result is a new understanding of law in the Hebrew Bible and the ways it worked to support and maintain the dehumanization of widows, strangers, and orphans in the biblical community."--BOOK JACKET.
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Sociale wetgeving, Histoire, Waisenkind, Social scientific criticism, Sozialrecht, Orphelins dans la Bible, Strangers in the Bible, Social justice, Weeskinderen, Bibel, Bible, Witwe, Biblical teaching, 11.42 history of Old Testament times, Veuves dans la Bible, Justice sociale, Enseignement biblique, Soziale Gerechtigkeit, Orphans in the Bible, Vreemdelingen, Critical legal studies, Deuteronomium (bijbelboek), Exegese, Social legislation (Jewish law), Droit social, Widows in the Bible, Étrangers dans la Bible, Critique sociale, Weduwen, Commentaries, Social scientific criticism of sacred works, Social legislation, History, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. pentateuchShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Injustice Made Legal: Deuteronomic Law and the Plight of Widows, Strangers, and Orphans in Ancient Israel (Bible in Its World)
October 2002, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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in English
0802839096 9780802839091
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"Deut 14:22-29; 16:9-12, 13-15; 24:17-18, 19-22; and 26:12-15 purport to improve the circumstances of widows, strangers, and orphans in ancient Israelite society."
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