Neo-Babylonian Trial Records
2014
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New translations of fifty transliterated texts for research and classroom use This collection of sixth-century B.C.E. Mesopotamian texts provides a close-up, often dramatic, view of ancient courtroom encounters shedding light on Neo-Babylonian legal culture and daily life. In addition to the legal texts, Holtz provides an introduction to Neo-Babylonian social history, archival records, and legal materials. This is an essential resource for scholars interested in the history of law.
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Shalom E. Holtz
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Associate Professor of Bible and chair of the Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University in New York. An Assyriologist and biblical scholar, his publications address Mesopotamian law and religious literature and their relationships to biblical and postbiblical writings. He is the author of Neo-Babylonian Court Procedure (Brill, 2009).
