1. Introduction: The Basic Thesis and Background
Part I: Primary Evidence for Dependence: Sequential Correspondences
and Date
2. The Casuistic Laws
3. The Apodictic Laws
4. Date and Opportunity for the Use of Hammurabi's and Other
Cuneiform Laws
Part II: Compositional Logic of the Covenant Code
5. Debt-Slavery and the Seduction of a Maiden (Exodus 21:2-11;
22:15-16)
6. Homicide, Injury, Miscarriage, Talion (Exodus 21:12, 18-27)
7. Child Rebellion, Kidnapping, Sorcery, Bestiality, Illicit
Sacrifice (Exodus 21:12-17; 22:17-19)
8. The Goring Ox and Negligence (Exodus 21:28-36)
9. Animal Theft, Crop Destruction, Deposit, and Burglary (Exodus
21:37-22:8)
10. Animal Injury, Death, and Rental (Exodus 22:9-14)
11. The Themes and Ideology of the Apodictic Laws (Exodus 20:23-26;
21:1; 22:20-23:19)
12. Redactional Growth in the Apodictic Laws and the Covenant
Code's Relationship to the Exodus Narrative
13. Conclusions
Professor of Bible and Ancient Near East, Brandeis University
"An excellent repository of research on the CC [Covenant Code] and
the LH [Laws of Hammurabi]. In sum, this work is controversial in
the best sense of the word: it will surely stimulate debate on the
comparative method in studying not only the CC and LH but other
texts as well."--The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
"...intriguing..."--Bruce Wells, Saint Joseph's University
''...the value of Wright's contribution cannot be overestimated. He
offers the scholar in the field a valuable tool for further work
which includes all the relevant sources, thoroughly discussed and
analyzed. He conveniently outlines the issues and problems involved
in the study [of the Covenant's Code], while highlighting the main
discussions and solutions. Finally he also provides a thorough
review of the vast literature in the field, again for the
convenience of the reader.''
---Strata
''Wright has made a major contribution to our understanding of the
composition of CC even if one accepts only the barest bones version
of his thesisEL.No account of the history of CC's composition will
any longer be able to be written without reference to and deep
engagement with Wright's work, whether one agrees with him or not.
Such is the mark of the truly meaningful contributions to
scholarship, and Wright's book undoubtedly belongs in such a
class.''
---Review of Biblical Literature
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