The legal portion of the Old Testament is arranged in five general divisions: (1) personal and family laws; (2) criminal laws, comprising injuries to persons, property, and society; (3) human laws, emphasizing the duty of kindness to animals and men; (4) religious laws, defining obligations to God; and (5) ceremonial laws, containing minute directions regarding worship and the ritual.
“The volume does not profess to be a commentary, yet in the footnotes to the translation there is scattered a large amount of valuable information relative to ancient Hebrew society and every opportunity is taken to illustrate or contrast the Hebrew codes of law with that of Hammurabi. By the aid of this volume, the study of the legal books of the Old Testament is made lucid and interesting.” John E. McFadyen.
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“A thoro, accurate, and scholarly treatment of this exceedingly interesting subject.”
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“Prof. Kent reaches a field where a classification and rearrangement of the Scripture text is of great value to the student of the development of Hebrew religion and social usages.”
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Kent, Charles Foster. [Origin and permanent value of the Old Testament.] **$1. Scribner.
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