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In this book William Morrow surveys four major law collections in Exodus–Deuteronomy and shows how they each enabled the people of Israel to create and sustain a community of faith. Treating biblical law as dynamic systems of thought facilitating ancient Israel’s efforts at self-definition, Morrow describes four different social contexts that gave rise to biblical law: Israel at the holy...

given over to the conditions under which the sacrifices of well-being must be eaten (7:11–36) underscores the importance of this sacrifice. As this offering was required in order to eat the meat of domestic animals, it was probably the most common type of sacrifice in preexilic Israel. Its importance and frequency are further indications that the priestly sacrificial system cannot be reduced to offerings for the expiation of sin. English translations
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