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JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SUPPLEMENT SERIES 181 Editors David J.A. Clines Philip R. Davies Executive Editor John Jarick Editorial Board Richard J. Coggins, Alan Cooper, Tamara C. Eskenazi, J, Cheryl Exum, John Goldingay, Robert P. Gordon, Norman K. Gottwald, Andrew D.H. Mayes, Carol Meyers, Patrick D. Miller Sheffield Academic Press This page intentionally left blank Theory and Method in Biblical and Cuneiform Law Revision, Interpolation and Development edited by Bernard M. Levinson Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 181 Copyright © 1994 Sheffield Academic Press Published by Sheffield Academic Press Ltd Mansion House 19 Kingfield Road Sheffield, SI 19AS England Typeset by Sheffield Academic Press and Printed on acid-free paper in Great Britain by Bookcraft Midsomer Norton, Somerset British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1-85075-498-5 Contents Abbreviations 7 BERNARD M. LEVINSON Introduction 9 RAYMOND WESTBROOK What is the Covenant Code? 15 BERNARD M. LEVINSON The Case for Revision and Interpolation within the Biblical Legal Corpora 37 SAMUEL GREENGUS Some Issues Relating to the Comparability of Laws and the Coherence of the Legal Tradition 60 MARTIN J. Buss Legal Science and Legislation 88 SOPHIE LAFONT Ancient Near Eastern Laws: Continuity and Pluralism 91 VICTOR H. MATTHEWS The Anthropology of Slavery in the Covenant Code 119 WILLIAM MORROW A Generic Discrepancy in the Covenant Code 136 DALE PATRICK Who is the Evolutionist? 152 6 Theory and Method in Biblical and Cuneiform Law ECKART OTTO Aspects of Legal Reforms and Reformulations in Ancient Cuneiform and Israelite Law 160 Contributors Index of References Index of Authors 197 199 204 ABBREVIATIONS AASOR AbB AfO AJSL AnBib ANET AnOr AOAT AOS ARM ArOr AS BA BETL Bib BM BO BWANT CAD CAH CahRB CBQ CH EstBib FLP HL HUCA IEJ JANESCU JAOS JCS Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research Altbabylonische Briefe im Umschrift und Ubersetzung, F.R. Kraus (ed.), Vols. 1-, (Leiden: Brill, 1964) Archivfiir Orientforschung American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures Analecta biblica J.B. Pritchard (ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts Analecta orientalia Alter Orient und Altes Testament American Oriental Series Archives royales de Mari Archiv orientdlni Assyriological Studies Biblical Archaeologist Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium Biblica Cuneiform tablets in the collection of the British Museum Bibliotheca orientalis Beitrage zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Cambridge Ancient History Cahiers de la Revue Biblique Catholic Biblical Quarterly Codex Hammurabi. Cited after G.R. Driver and J.C. Miles (eds.), The Babylonian Laws, 2 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1955) Estudios biblicos Cuneiform tablets in the collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia Hittite Laws. Cited after H.A. Hoffner, The Laws of the Hittites (Brandeis University PhD; Ann Arbor; University Microfilms International, 1963) Hebrew Union College Annual Israel Exploration Journal Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University Journal of the American Oriental Society Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8 JESHO JNES JPOS JQR KBo KD KUB LE MAL MANE MIO MVAG OBO OLZ Or PRU PWCJS RIA RB RA RS SBS SD SEb StudBib TCS TLZ TRE TRev TWAT UF UM VT VTSup WO WZKM YOS ZA ZA W ZEE ZTK Theory and