On the scales of righteousness
Subtitle: neo-Babylonian trial law and the book of Job
By: by F. Rachel Magdalene.
Series: Brown Judaic studies -- no. 348
Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Providence, RI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781930675445
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criminal procedure -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- History -- To 1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Disease, disability, and disaster as law; title: Reading law in Job's story; title: Trial procedure in the neo-Babylonian courts; title: The Satan's accusation and investigation; title: Job's counter-accusation; title: Job's defense and demand; title: The friends as God's witnesses; title: Elihu as God's second accuser-prosecutor; title: God's counter-defense and settlement of claims; title: Conclusions.