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

Death of the Covenant Code: Capital Punishment in Old Greek Exodus in Light of Greco-Egyptian Law (Supplements to the Journal 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. Read more