Religion and Law
Biblical-Judaic and Islamic Perspectives
Edited by Edwin B. Firmage, Bernard G. Weiss, and John W. Welch
Religion and Law
Biblical-Judaic and Islamic Perspectives
Edited by Edwin B. Firmage, Bernard G. Weiss, and John W. Welch
The papers presented in this volume were originally presented at a conference entitled “Religion and Law: Middle Eastern Influences on the West,” sponsored by the Middle East Center of the University of Utah and the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young Univerisity. The conference’s aim was to explore the connection between religion, especially biblical religion, and law in the Ancient Middle East and to trace its development into the present. The special status of Islamic law is treated in several articles.
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- Table of Contents
Editor’s Introduction
The Decalogue: Its Significance, Uniqueness, and Place in Israel’s Tradition - Moshe Weinfeld
Covenant and Law in Islam - Bernard G. Weiss
The Suzerainty Treaty Structure: Thirty Years Later - George E. Mendenhall
Biblical Attitudes toward Power: Ideal and Reality in Law and Prophets - Moshe Greenberg
Reflections on Postulates: Power and Ancient Laws—A Response to Moshe Greenberg - John W. Welch
Spirituality and Jewish Law - Ze’ev W. Falk
When Is a Law a Law? The Case of Jesus and Paul - E. P. Sanders
Ethics and Ritual: The Foundations of the Biblical Dietary Laws - Jacob Milgrom
Observations on the Ethical Foundations of the Biblical Dietary Laws: A Response to Jacob Milgrom - David P. Wright
Ethical Dimensions of Islamic Ritual Law - Frederick M. Denny
Another Perspective on Ethics in Islamic Law and Ritual: A Response to Frederick Denny - Lois A. Giffen
Law and Grace in Islam: Sufi Attitudes toward the Sharia - Mahmoud Ayoub
Beyond the Law: The Experience of Some Persian Sufi Poets—A Response to Mahmoud Ayoub - Leonardo P. Alishan
Legalism and Spirituality: Historical, Philosophical, and Semiotic Notes on Legislators, Adjudicators, and Subjects - Bernard S. Jackson
Some Consequences of the Image Prohibition in Jewish Art - Jo Milgrom
The Role of Iconoclasm on Islamic Art and Architecture: A Response to Jo Milgrom - Stanley Ira Hallet
The Formation of the Canon of the Old Testament: The Selection and Identification of the Torah as the Supreme Authority of the Postexilic Community - David Noel Freedman
Biblical Analogues to Middle Assyrian Law - Shalom M. Paul
Rite: Ceremonies of Law and Treaty in the Ancient Near East - Delbert R. Hillers
Religious Freedom and Jewish Tradition in Modern Israeli Law—A Clash of Ideologies - Izhak Englard
Israeli and American Conceptions of Religious Freedom: A Response to Izhak Englard - J. Clifford Wallace
Index of Biblical References
Index of Extra-biblical Jewish Sources
Index of Quranic References
Subject Index
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