Law Codes

Objectives

• Explains how scholars discuss the relationships between Ancient Near Eastern law codes and the Torah law codes.
• Outlines points of uniqueness in the biblical law codes, as well as differences in legal perspectives in the Torah law codes.

Additional Resources

• Articles:
  • Shalom E. Holtz, Review of Inventing God’s Law by David P. Wright, from The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
  • Bruce Wells, Review of Inventing God’s Law by David P. Wright, from The Journal of Religion
• Books:
  • Samuel Greengus, Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Law, from The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary