To Kill and Take Possession Law, Morality, and Society in Biblical Stories
- Peabody Hendrickson Publishers 2002
- 327p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part One: Concepts of Legal and Moral Responsibility 1 From the Trial of Adam and Eve to the Judgments of Solomon and Daniel Postscript: The Polygraph (The Lie Detector) 2 David and Goliath: Trial by Combat 3 Stories of Disguise Postscript: Isaac`s Benediction and the Issue of Its Manifestation 4 The Fruits of Deceit Postscript: Speech, Vows, and Oaths 5 Samson Loses a Bet 6 To Kill and Take Possession Postscript: The Diaries ofEichmann and the Modern Principle against Profiting from Wrong 7 A Godly Man Killed by a Lion 8 Saul Kills the Priests of Nob 9 Jephthah Sacrifices His Daughter Postscript: Faust Part Two: Kingdom, Crown, and Prophecy 10 The Rise of the House of David: The Problem of Legitimacy 11 Prophecy in Times of Upheavals 12 Jerusalem the Eternal Capital: Assyria`s Contribution 13 Succession to the Throne Postscript: The Maccabees Part Three: Family and Matrimony 14 The Prohibition of Another Man`s Wife 15 The Status of Women: Monogamy, Polygamy, and Surrogate Motherhood Postscript: Rabbi Gershom`s Ban 16 Infertility, Surrogacy, and Sperm Donation 17 Levirate Marriage and Incest Postscript: Queen Shlomzion, John the Baptist, and Henry VIII 18 The Wives of the Father and of the King 19 The Divorce of Michal 20 Crimes in the Family: Rape, Murder, and Adultery 21 Death of a Bastard 22 The Expulsion of the Foreign Women: Ezra`s Legal Revolution