On the scales of righteousness : neo-Babylonian trial law and the book of Job - Magdalene, F. Rachel (Providence, R.I. : Brown Judaic Studies, 2007)
Introduction -- Disease, disability, and disaster as law -- Reading law in Job's story -- Trial procedure in the neo-Babylonian courts -- The Satan's accusation and investigation -- Job's counteraccusation -- Job's defense and demand -- The friends as God's witnesses -- Elihu as God's second accuser-prosecutor -- God's defense and settlement of claims -- Conclusions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-337) and indexes.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criminal procedure -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- History -- To 1500.