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8 hours ago · Here are some background facts on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a ...
Jul 29, 2022 · The law as established by the outcome of former cases. There are three types of law in the Old Testament. Moral laws - the Ten Commandments for example; Civil law - rules that govern daily living, property, negligence, etc. This is also called "casuistic law" or "case law" because they are thought to be based on previous experience.
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We cannot comment on all these laws, but can discuss a few illustrative cases. The first issue raised may surprise the reader in the context of the exodus: “when you buy a Hebrew slave. . . .” If Israel had its origin in liberation from slavery, how could buying a Hebrew slave be condoned? But in fact slavery is taken for granted, and remains a pro...
In general, the laws of Exodus stand in the legal tradition of the ancient Near East. The classic example is the case of the ox that gores (Exod 21:28). Laws on this subject are found in the codes of Eshnunna (§§53-54) and Hammurabi (§§250-51) in the early second millennium B.C.E. The Mesopotamian codes differ from the biblical one in placing great...
Several other laws require a brief comment. Exodus 22:16 stipulates that if a man seduces a virgin, he must pay the bride-price for her and make her his wife. The woman is not consulted as to her feelings. The issue is primarily an economic one. A woman who has been defiled would not be able to find another husband (compare the story of the rape of...
8 hours ago · When in May the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said he was seeking the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it sparked a furious response from Israel and its staunch ally the US. On Nov. 21, the court followed through and issued warrants for Netanhayu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, who ...
Two types of law are noted in the Hebrew law codes: (1) casuistic, or case, law, which contains a conditional statement and a type of punishment to be meted out; and (2) apodictic law, i.e., regulations in the form of divine commands (e.g., the Ten Commandments). The following Hebraic law codes are incorporated in the Old Testament: (1) the ...
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The laws are formulated in the traditional casuistic style. The casuistic formulation of law, which predominates throughout all of the above-mentioned extra-biblical corpora, consists of a protasis, containing the statement of the case, and an apodosis, setting forth the solution, i.e., penalty.
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Nevertheless, there are several examples in the prophetic appeals for justice in which reference is made to laws that are also represented in Israel’s law collections. Footnote 98 Scholars have pointed out that the prophets curiously invoke only Israel’s apodictic legal tradition, rather than its tradition of casuistic law.