TY  - BOOK
AU  - Magdalene,F.Rachel
TI  - On the scales of righteousness: neo-Babylonian trial law and the book of Job 
SN  - 9781930675445 (cloth binding : alk. paper)
AV  - BS1415.52 .M34 2007
U1  - 223/.1067 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Providence, R.I.
PB  - Brown Judaic Studies
KW  - Bible
KW  - Job
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Criminal procedure
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Babylonia
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-337) and indexes; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024748.html
ER  -