Title: Called by stories : biblical sagas and their challenge for law /
Authors: Ball, Milner S.
Publisher: Duke University Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Bible and law.; Practice of law Biblical teaching.; Legal ethics Biblical teaching.
Contents: I. Moses -- Law and the "mouth" for God -- Intercession -- Counsel for the situation -- The word in Moses' situation -- The risks -- The promise of succession -- The promise of justice -- Psalm 114 -- II. The encompassing women -- The midwives -- Socratic midwifery that isn't -- Socratic midwifery that is -- Are you the lawyers? -- Miriam -- Rachel -- Jeremiah's Rachel poem -- Law and tears -- The womb of God and tears -- III. The gospel according to John -- The Jerusalem trial -- The gospel trial: A divine lawsuit -- A reversal and appeal -- The power of the Word: Two women -- The power of the Word: Moses and the Spirit -- The power of the Word: disbelief -- John's freedom from and for law -- Lawyers' independence.