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This page intentionally left blank Homicide in the Biblical World Homicide in the Biblical World analyzes the treatment of homicide in the Hebrew Bibleanddemonstratesthatitisdirectlylinkedtotheuniquesocialstructureandre- ligionofancientIsrael.CloseparallelsbetweenbiblicallawandancientNearEastern lawareevidentinthelawsoftheoxthatgoredandthepregnantwomanwhowas assaulted,butwhenthetotalpictureoftheprocessbywhichhomicidewasadjudi- catedcomesintoview,whatismostnoticeableishowlittleofitissimilartoancient NearEasternlaw.Thisbookreconstructsbiblicallawfrombothlegalandnarrative textsandanalyzesbothlawcollectionsanddocumentsfromactuallegalcasesfrom theancientNearEast. Pamela Barmash is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew at WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis.ShereceivedherPh.D.fromHarvardUniversity andherrabbinicordinationfromtheJewishTheologicalSeminary.Shehaspublished invariousjournals,includingVetusTestamentum,JournalofNearEasternStudies, JewishQuarterlyReview,JournalofBiblicalLiterature,andHebrewStudies. Homicide in the Biblical World (cid:1) Pamela Barmash WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521834681 © Pamela Barmash 2005 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format - ---- eBook (NetLibrary) - --- eBook (NetLibrary) - ---- hardback - --- hardback - ---- paperback - --- paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of s for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. To my mother and father, Sarah J. and Isadore Barmash .!†Øb3 !yÄÕ tí0Öt¨... . “...and the glory of children is their parents.” (Proverbs 17:6) Contents (cid:1) Abbreviations page ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE AFirstCase:TheStoryofCainandAbel 12 CHAPTER TWO BloodFeudandStateControl 20 CHAPTER THREE TheDevelopmentofPlacesofRefugeintheBible 71 CHAPTER FOUR PollutionandHomicide 94 CHAPTER FIVE TypologiesofHomicide 116 vii
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