The Comparative Method in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Legal Studies

Akkadian ancient Near East ancient Near Eastern application apud argument assumption of connection Babylonian basic basis Biblica 51 biblical and Mesopotamian biblical evidence biblical laws Book Book of Lamentations borrowing Bronze Age comparative method comparative scholar comparative studies conclusion contextual approach contrast Covenant criteria criticism CSSH Cuneiform Law differences discussion E. A. Speiser Eastern cultures Eastern law Essays in...Legal History Evans existence external evidence Finkelstein footnote goring ox Hallo Hazor Hebrew historic stream historical connection Hittite Hittitology ibid Iron Age Israel Israelite Jackson Jerusalem JSOT law corpora law systems Laws of Eshnunna Laws of Hammurapi Legal Transplants literary loc.cit Mesopotamian laws methodological Millard & Wiseman millennium Naram-Sin Nuzi Old Testament op.cit Ox That Gored passim passive mood Patriarchal Narratives Patriarchal traditions phenomena principle problem prove question reflected Scripture in Context Selman Selms similar social summary Talmon Text tion trend typological Ugaritic verb Westbrook Yaron