8. Slave and Master in Ancient Near Eastern Law

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. About the Editors ix
5. Introduction: The Idea of a Shared Tradition xi
6. Part One: The Tradition in the Law Codes
7. 1. Biblical and Cuneiform Law Codes 1
8. 2. The Nature and Origins of the Twelve Tables 21
9. 3. Cuneiform Law Codes and the Origins of Legislation 73
10. 4. What Is the Covenant Code? 97
11. 5. Codification and Canonization 119
12. 6. Codex Hammurabi and the Ends of the Earth 133
13. Part Two: The Tradition in Legal Practice
14. 7. Social Justice in the Ancient Near East 143
15. 8. Slave and Master in Ancient Near Eastern Law 161
16. 9. Patronage in the Ancient Near East 217
17. 10. Adultery in Ancient Near Eastern Law 245
18. 11. Witchcraft and the Law in the Ancient Near East 289
19. Part Three: The Tradition in Greco-Roman Law
20. 12. The Trial Scene in the Iliad 303
21. 13. Penelope’s Dowry and Odysseus’ Kingship 329
22. 14. The Coherence of the Lex Aquilia 355
23. 15. Restrictions on Alienation of Property in Early Roman Law 379
24. 16. Vitae Necisque Potestas 389
25. Abbreviations 415
26. Bibliography 431
27. Index of Authors 473
28. Index of Subjects 479
29. Index of Ancient Sources 495
30. Front Matter 2 513
31. Contents 2 517
32. Preface 519
33. About the Editors 521
34. Introduction: Law as Method 523
35. Part One: Cuneiform Sources
36. 1. The Edict of Tudhaliya IV 535
37. 2. Hard Times: CT 45 37 573
38. 3. The Liability of an Innocent Purchaser of Stolen Goods in Early Mesopotamian Law 581
39. 4. The Old Babylonian Term napṭarum 601
40. 5. The Phrase “His Heart Is Satisfied” in Ancient Near Eastern Legal Sources 611
41. 6. The Case of the Elusive Debtors: CT 4 6a and CT 6 34b 623
42. 7. Social Justice and Creative Jurisprudence in Late Bronze Age Syria 633
43. 8. A Death in the Family: Codex Eshnunna 17-18 Revisited 659
44. 9. The Adoption Laws of Codex Hammurabi 671
45. 10 The Female Slave 681
46. 11 A Sumerian Freedman 707
47. 12 The Quality of Freedom in Neo-Babylonian Manumissions 717
48. 13 Judges in the Cuneiform Sources 729
49. 14 Evidentiary Procedure in the Middle Assyrian Laws 743
50. 15 Ziz₂. da / kiššātum 763
51. 16 The Enforcement of Morals in Mesopotamian Law 775
52. 17 A Matter of Life and Death 783
53. 18 International Law in the Amarna Age 797
54. 19 Babylonian Diplomacy in the Amarna Letters 817
55. Part Two: Biblical Sources
56. 20 Biblical Law 831
57. 21 The Laws of Biblical Israel 849
58. 22 Lex Talionis and Exodus 21:22-25 873
59. 23 The Deposit Law of Exodus 22:6-12 893
60. 24 Who Led the Scapegoat in Leviticus 16:21? 911
61. 25 The Prohibition on Restoration of Marriage in Deuteronomy 24:1-4 919
62. 26 Riddles in Deuteronomic Law 937
63. 27 The Trial of Jeremiah 957
64. 28 Legalistic “Glosses” in Biblical Narratives 971
65. Abbreviations 983
66. Bibliography 998
67. Index of Authors 1047
68. Index of Subjects 1052
69. Index of Ancient Sources 1067