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The Student's Old Testament

ISRAEL'S
LAWS AND LEGAL PRECEDENTS

FROM THE DAYS OF MOSES TO THE CLOSING OF
THE LEGAL CANON

BY
CHARLES FOSTER KENT, PH.D.Woolsey Professor of Biblical Literature in Yale University

WITH PLANS AND DIAGRAMS

NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1907

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Publication information: Book title: Israel's Laws and Legal Precedents:From the Days of Moses to the Closing of the Legal Canon. Contributors: Charles Foster Kent - Author. Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons. Place of publication: New York. Publication year: 1907. Page number: iii.

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Table of contents Table of contents

Title Page iii
Preface v
Contents and Classification vii
Index of Biblical Passages xxix
Explanation of Typographical Symbols and Abbreviations xxxv
The History of Israel's Laws and Legal Precedents 1
I - The Babylonian Background of Israel's Laws 3
II - The Origin and Growth of Israelitish Law 8
III - The Primitive Hebrew Codes 16
IV - The Deuteronomic Codes 31
V - Ezekiel and the Holiness Code 36
VI - The Priestly Codes 43
Personal and Family Laws 49
Constitutional Laws 75
Criminal Laws 95
Humane Laws 121
Laws Defining Obligations to Jehovah 135
Ceremonial Laws 147
Appendix 277

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