CLASSICS 2LW3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: First Fruits, Deuteronomic Code, Covenant Code

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Book of the Covenant
It contains, among typical provisions of violence, liability, marriage, and social justice, provisions
pertaining to the Sabbath and Sabbatical Year, and the fests of Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles
Generally regarded as the oldest of the biblical codes, the laws reflect a more agrarian lifestyle than other codes
do. It sits unnaturally within the Exodus narrative in both content and form to other legal codes or law
collections of the ancient Near East.
Law of the Alter (20.23-26)
Slavery
Capital crimes
Various Casuistic Judgements (Mishpatim)(21.1-22.20)
Rights of the weak and vulnerable
Religious duties
Court process and duties of assistance
Moral commandments and duties (22.21-23.9)
Sabbatical Times and the Festival Calendar (23.10-19)
Structure
Holiness Code, Book of Leviticus 17 - 26
Much more fragmentary and disjointed than the two other codes, suggests that it was pieced together
from other small and very specific law collections
Holiness code bears the heaviest marks of late compositions during the post-exilic period
Laws treated in this code have a more narrow focus than the others on things related to what we would
consider purely religious matters or matters of cult
Named due to a highly repeated use of the word Holy, it is likely a separate code of law incorporated into the
Bible by the priestly source.
17
Place of Sacrifice
18 -20
Holiness Required of Israel - Prohibited Sexual Intercourse, Holiness Commands, Penalties for
Violation of Religious and Sexual Prohibitions
21 -22
Qualifications for Priests
23.1 -
24.9
Calendar of Annual Festivals and Daily Ritual
24.1
Remedial Law for Blasphemy and Homicide
25
Sabbatical and Jubilee Years
Deuteronomic Code, Book of Deuteronomy 12 - 26
Structure of Deuteronomy
1 -11
Homiletic Introduction
12 -26
Deuteronomic Laws
27 -28
Blessings and Curses
29 -30
Repetition of the Covenant
31
Final acts and words of Moses
32 -33
Poems: History of Israel, Tribal Blessings
34
Narrative of Moses' Departure
This is the oldest part of the book and the core around which the rest was developed. There is some repetition
of laws, due to the narrative excuse that this was a second wave of Israelites, necessitating a new address from
Moses before entering the Promise Land.
More of an urban focus than the Covenant Code, with a very wide variety of subjects being discussed - it
Structure and Features
Covenant Code
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