Homicide in the biblical world / Pamela Barmash.
Material type:
- 0521834686
- 0521547733 (pbk.)
- KB4050Â .B37 2005

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MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY Open Shelf | KB4050 .B37 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 67121 |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.
Introduction -- A first case: the story of Cain and Abel -- Blood feud and state control -- The development of places of refuge in the Bible -- Pollution and homicide -- Typologies of homicide -- Lex Talionis -- International law: the homicide of a foreign citizen -- Conclusion -- Appendix: cuneiform sources on homicide.
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