On the scales of righteousness : neo-Babylonian trial law and the book of Job - Magdalene, F. Rachel (Providence, RI : Brown Judaic Studies, 2007)
Introduction -- Disease, disability, and disaster as law -- Reading law in Job's story -- Trial procedure in the neo-Babylonian courts -- The Satan's accusation and investigation -- Job's counter-accusation -- Job's defense and demand -- The friends as God's witnesses -- Elihu as God's second accuser-prosecutor -- God's counter-defense and settlement of claims -- Conclusions.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criminal procedure -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- History -- To 1500.