Collections, Codes, and Torah: The Re-characterization of Israel's Written Law

ntroduction: Collections, Codes, and Torah 1
The Cuneiform Law-Writings 8
The Athenian Law-Writings 17
Methodology and Approach 21
Written-Law in Ancient Israel 28
Current Scholarship on Hebrew Law-Writing 29
Source-Law in the Pentateuchal Judiciary 36
Proponents of the Legislative Model 43
Conclusions 49
Written-Law in the Deuteronomic School 51
Patrick on Deuteronomic Law-Writings 53
Westbrook on Deuteronomic Law-Writings 66
Deuteronomic Attitudes toward Law-Writings 79
Conclusions 86
Written-Law in Persian-Era Yehud 87
Law-Book Citations in Ezra-Nehemiah 92
Law-Book Study in Ezra-Nehemiah 119
Conclusions 126
Written-Law in Hellenistic-Era Judea (I): Ptolemaic Court-Reforms 133
The Juridical System of Ptolemy II - in Egypt 140
The Juridical System of Ptolemy II - in Judea 144
The Impact on Native-Law - in Egypt 148
The Impact on Native-Law - in Judea 157
Conclusions 164
Written-Law in Hellenistic-Era Judea (II): The Civilized/Barbarian Polemic 166
The Civilized/Barbarian Polemic 167
Diaspora Torah Polemics (the Hellenistic Writers) 172
Judean Torah Polemics (1 and 2 Maccabees) 185
Conclusions 217
Written-Law in Greco-Roman Torah Sects: A Projection 219
Rabbinic Judaism: The Mishnah 220
Qumran: Community Rule (1QS) 225
"Nazarene" Judaism: Matthew's Jesus 228
Conclusions 233
Conclusion: The Re-characterization of Israel's Written-Law 234
Main Project Conclusions 235
Projected Implications / Further Research 239