Daily Archives: May 26, 2011

Crusemann on Mosaic Courts, Deuteronomistic Additions to the Cultic Decalogue, and Unjust Mishpatim

For my write-up today of Frank Crusemann’s The Torah: Theology and Social History of Old Testament Law, I have three items: 1.  On page 107, Crusemann states: “There probably was a Mosaically legitimized institution during the monarchic period that made … Continue reading

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Mowinckel on Psalm 82

In Psalm 82, the topic is God’s judgment of the unjust gods of the divine assembly.  What is the setting for these Psalms? I looked up what Sigmund Mowinckel said on Psalm 82 in The Psalms in Israel’s Worship, and … Continue reading

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