Implied Law in the Abraham Narrative : a Literary and Theological Analysis
A study of the significance of implied law in the Abraham narrative. Bruckner examines legal and juridical terminology in the text, with a close reading of legal referents in Genesis 18.16-20.18. He demonstrates that the literary and theological context of implied law in the narrative is creational, since the implied cosmology is based in Creator-created relationships, and the narrative referents are prior to the Sinai covenant. The narrative's canonical position is an ipso jure argument for the operation of law from the beginning of the ancestral community. The study suggests trajectories for
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Preface
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Chapter 1 INTERPRETING PRE-SINAI LAW
Chapter 2 METHODOLOGY: A PLURALITY OF METHODS FOR READING LEGAL REFERENTS IN PRE-SINAI NARRATIVES
Chapter 3 A SURVEY OF JURIDICAL TERMINOLOGY IN THE ABRAHAM NARRATIVE
Chapter 4 A CLOSE NARRATIVE READING OF LEGAL REFERENTS IN GENESIS 18.16-19.29: FINDINGS FROM THE INQUEST OF THE CRY AGAINST THE SODOMITES TO THE SENTENCE THAT FOLLOWS GOD'S FINDINGS
Chapter 5 A CLOSE NARRATIVE READING OF LEGAL REFERENTS IN GENESIS 20.1-18: THE CONFLICTS AND RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING SARAH IN ABIMELECH'S TENT. Chapter 6 REFLECTIONS ON THE CREATIONAL CONTEXT OF IMPLIED LAW
Chapter 7 IMPLICATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
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