Inventing God's Law
| Author | : David P. Wright |
| Publisher | : OUP USA |
| Total Pages | : 604 |
| Release | : 2009-09-03 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780195304756 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0195304756 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (756 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Inventing God's Law by : David P. Wright
Download or read book Inventing God's Law written by David P. Wright and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Wright argues that the so-called Covenant Collection of the Torah (Exodus 20:23-23:19) is chiefly the work of a single author, is the result of intellectual interaction with the author's sources and it may have had a politically ideological purpose, somewhat similar to that of the Laws of Hammurabi.
