Barmash, Pamela,  1966- <br/><br/>
Homicide in the biblical world / 
Pamela Barmash. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2005. 
 - xvi, 253 p. :  paper back ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1999. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- A first case: the story of Cain and Abel -- Blood feud and state control -- The development of places of refuge in the Bible -- Pollution and homicide -- Typologies of homicide -- Lex Talionis -- International law: the homicide of a foreign citizen -- Conclusion -- Appendix: cuneiform sources on homicide. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521834686 0521547733 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004045668 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Homicide (Jewish law)<br/>Homicide (Assyro-Babylonian law)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KB4050  / .B37 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.18 Bar 2005