Neo-Babylonian Trial Records: Notes

by Shalom E. Holtz

Publisher:

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)

, 2014

Overview

This collection of sixth—century BC Mesopotamian texts provides a close-up, and often dramatic view of ancient courtroom encounters, shedding light on Neo-Babylonian legal culture and daily life. In addition to the legal texts, Holtz introduces Neo-Babylonian social history, archival records, and legal materials. This is an essential resource for scholars interested in the history of law.

Product Details

• Title: Neo-Babylonian Trial Records: Notes
• Author: Shalom E. Holtz
• Series: Writings from the Ancient World
• Volume: 35
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Law, Assyro-Babylonian › Sources; Civil procedure (Assyro-Babylonian law) › Sources; Trials › Iraq--Babylonia--Sources; Court records › Iraq--Babylonia
• ISBNs: 9781589839434, 9781589839458, 9781589839441, 1589839439, 1589839455, 1589839447
• Resource ID: LLS:NBBYLNNTRLRCRDSNOTES
• Resource Type: Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:43:32Z

About Shalom E. Holtz

Shalom E. Holtz is Associate Professor Bible at Yeshiva University in New York, an Assyriologist, and a biblical scholar interested in Mesopotamian literature and law and their relationships to biblical and post-biblical writings. He is the author of Neo-Babylonian Court Procedure (Brill, 2009).