TY - BOOK AU - Barmash,Pamela TI - Homicide in the biblical world SN - 0521834686 AV - KB4050 .B37 2005 U1 - 296.18 Bar 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Homicide (Jewish law) KW - Homicide (Assyro-Babylonian law) N1 - Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1999; Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2004045668-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2004045668-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2004045668-b.html ER -