| Love and Joy: Law, Language, and Religion in Ancient Israel Revised Edition Contributor(s): Muffs, Yochanan (Author), Jacobsen, Thorkild (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 067453932X ISBN-13: 9780674539327 Publisher: JTS Press OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1995 Annotation: This is a book about law and religion. It opens with a study of prophetic intercession as a response to the tensions inherent in monotheism, the struggles between love and justice that seem to take place within Israel's God. The final chapters concern the rich legal vocabulary in which Israelites expressed ideas of freedom and spontaneity. The intervening essays also deal with legal language and concepts in religious contexts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History |
| Dewey: 296.090 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.05" W x 9.01" (0.94 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a book about law and religion. It opens with a study of prophrtic intercession as a response to the tensions inherent in monotheism, the struggles between love and justice that seem to take place within Israel's God. The final chapters concern the rich legal vocabulary in which Israelites expressed ideas of freedom and spontaneity. The intervening essays also deal wiht religious language and concepts in religious contexts. |