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Studies in the semiotics of Biblical law / Bernard S. Jackson.

By: Jackson, Bernard S
Material type: TextTextSeries: Journal for the study of the Old Testament: 314.Publisher: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 332 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1841271500Subject(s): Jewish law | Jewish law -- Literary history | SemioticsBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [298]-317) and indexes.
Partial contents:
Some semiotic theories -- Speech acts and speech behaviour -- 'Wisdom-laws' -- The development of legal drafting -- The written media of the law -- The temporality of the law -- 'Postulates' and values -- Law's internal recognition -- 'Covenant' renewal and narrative structure -- Talion.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [298]-317) and indexes.

Some semiotic theories -- Speech acts and speech behaviour -- 'Wisdom-laws' -- The development of legal drafting -- The written media of the law -- The temporality of the law -- 'Postulates' and values -- Law's internal recognition -- 'Covenant' renewal and narrative structure -- Talion.

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