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Biblical Law: A Text of the Statutes, Ordinances, and Judgments of the Bible is unavailable, but you can change that!

Written in the style of a law reference guide, Biblical Law is a layman’s compendium of the Bible’s applications to all manners of contemporary society. Now with a new introduction by Gary DeMar, Clark’s classic exposé finds itself in a prime position to educate a whole new generation of Christians. With topics ranging from war and taxation to contracts and loans, from marriage and hospitality...

The Scriptures doubtless have been a potent influence upon American Law. In the early colonial period, the Bible seems to have been commonly regarded among the people as law. Several of the colonies formally adopted provisions of Mosaic law.41 For example, Plymouth Colony in 1636 adopted a “small body of Lawes” largely based upon the laws of Israel. And New Haven Colony in 1639 resolved that “the word of God shall be the only rule to be attended to in ordering the affairs of government in this plantation,”42
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