Homicide in the biblical world

@inproceedings{Barmash2004HomicideIT,
  title={Homicide in the biblical world},
  author={Pamela Barmash},
  year={2004}
}
Homicide in the Biblical World analyzes the treatment of homicide in the Hebrew Bible and demonstrates that it is directly linked to the unique social structure and religion of ancient Israel. Close parallels between biblical law and ancient Near Eastern law are evident in the laws of the ox that gored and the pregnant woman who was assaulted, but when the total picture of the process by which homicide was adjudicated comes into view, what is most noticeable is how little of it is similar to… 
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