| Like a Bird in a Cage Contributor(s): Grabbe, Lester L. (Editor), Mein, Andrew (Editor), Camp, Claudia V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826462154 ISBN-13: 9780826462152 Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press OUR PRICE: $257.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 933.02 |
| LCCN: 2003427804 |
| Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.5" W x 9.48" (1.51 lbs) 370 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What makes one crime more serious than another, and why? This book investigates the problem of seriousness of offence in English law from the comparative perspective of biblical law. Burnside takes a semiotic approach to show how biblical conceptions of seriousness are synthesised and communicated through various descriptive and performative registers. Seven case studies show that biblical law discriminates between the seriousness of different offences and between the relative seriousness of the same offence when committed by different people or when performed in different ways. Recurring elements include location and the offender's social statue. The closing chapter considers some of the implications for the current debate about crime and punishment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Camp, Claudia V.: - Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.Mein, Andrew: - Andrew Mein is Tutor in Old Testament, Westcott House, Cambridge. Grabbe, Lester L.: - Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull.He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology.A recent book is Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know it? |