"You shall not kill" : : the prohibition of killing in ancient religions and cultures / / edited by J. Cornelis de Vos and Hermut Löhr with the assistance of Juliane Ta Van.
You shall not kill" seems to be a self-evident norm, both in modernity and in antiquity. But what does this prohibition exactly mean? Does it only apply to humans or also to non-human beings? And what about indirect or unintentional killing? Is killing legitimate under certain circumstances? Th...
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| Superior document: | Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements, Volume 27 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Göttingen, Germany : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2018. ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Journal of ancient Judaism. Supplements ;
Volume 27. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (311 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / J. Cornelis de Vos and Hermut Löhr
- Das Verbot "Du sollst nicht töten" im Dekalog / Matthias Köckert
- "Wenn ein Mann jemanden tötet, dann ist es so, dass dieser Mann getötet wird": zur Tötung alsl Element von Tatbeständen und Rechtsfolgen in altorientalischen Rechtssammlungen / Guido Pfeifer
- Ursprung und Gestalt des Todesrechts im Bundesbuch / Reinhard Achenbach
- A God who kills: deadly threat and its explanation in the Hebrew Bible / Ed Noort
- When God commands killing: Reflections on execution and human sacrifice in the Old Testament / Johannes Schnocks
- "Thou shalt not kill" in the Dead Sea Scrolls: narrative and Halakah / Eibert Tigchelaar
- Murder as sacrilege: Philo of Alexandria on the prohibition of killing / J. Cornelis de Vos
- Murder and murder prohibition in Josephus / Silvia Castelli
- Die Lust am Töten: öffentliche Straf- und Hinrichtungsrituale und der Tod als Spektakel im kaiserzeitlichen Rom / Johannes Hahn
- "For all who take the sword will perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52): tradition and reception of the Matthean word of the sword / Sebastian Fuhrmann
- The model death of Paul in early Chrisitanity / Hermut Löhr
- The prohibition of killing in the ethics of the Church Fathers / Anders-Christian Jacobsen.