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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Laws Pertaining to Family Relations and Sexual Behavior | |
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| Marriage Rules and Incest | |
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| Incest Prohibitions between Parents, Children, and Siblings | |
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| Restrictions Arising through Marriage | |
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| Restrictions Affecting Wife's Sister, Daughter, or Mother | |
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| Reflections on the Incest Rules | |
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| Dissolution of Marriage | |
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| Divorce | |
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| Marriage Cancellation | |
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| Dissolution Because of Illness | |
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| The "Rebellious Wife" | |
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| Adultery | |
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| Proven Adultery | |
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| Accusations of Adultery | |
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| Rape and Seduction | |
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| Rape of a Betrothed or Married Woman | |
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| Rape of an Unmarried Woman | |
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| Seduction of an Unmarried Woman | |
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| Sexual Offenses against Slaves | |
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| Inheritance | |
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| Inheritance by Sons | |
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| Inheritance by Daughters | |
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| Social Ranking by Mother | |
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| Adoption | |
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| Homosexuality | |
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| Bestiality | |
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| Laws on Debtors and Debt Slaves | |
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| Relief Given to Debt Slaves on an Individual Basis | |
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| Voluntary Relief Given Debt Slaves as a Group | |
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| Relief Given to Debt Slaves as a Group by Royal Decrees | |
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| Relief Given to Debt Slaves as a Group by Calender | |
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| Reducing the Burden of Debt upon the Needy | |
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| Usury and Security | |
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| Rights oj'Redemption | |
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| Laws on Chattel Slaves | |
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| Sale of Chattel Slaves | |
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| Return of Lost or Runaway Slaves | |
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| Laws Relating to Personal Injury and Homicide | |
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| Mistreatment of Debt Slaves and Hostages | |
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| Injuries to Chattel Slaves | |
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| Injuries to Free Persons | |
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| Assault on Dignity | |
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| Striking a Parent | |
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| Injury to Male Genitals | |
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| Striking a Pregnant Woman | |
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| Homicide | |
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| Homicide: Intentional, Unintentional, Accidental | |
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| Compensation for Homicide | |
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| Homicide in Ancient Near Eastern Sources | |
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| Injury and Homicide through Negligence on Property | |
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| Injury and Homicide Caused by Domestic Animals | |
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| Unsolved Homicide | |
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| Kidnapping | |
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| Laws Relating to Movable Property | |
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| Animal Keepers and their Responsibilities | |
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| Borrowed or Hired Animals and Tools | |
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| Hiring of Boats and Loss through Negligence | |
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| Theft of Livestock | |
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| Theft of Property Other than Livestock | |
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| The Thief Caught "in the Act" | |
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| Reclaiming Stolen Property | |
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| Theft of Property Belonging to Temple or Palace | |
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| Loss of Domestic Animals Caused by Other Domestic Animals | |
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| Returning a Lost Animal to Owner | |
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| Laws Relating to Immovable Properly | |
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| Theft of Land | |
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| Negligence in an Agricultural Lease | |
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| Agricultural Lease and Natural Disaster | |
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| Trespass and Grazing | |
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| Damage to Field and Crops by Fire | |
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| Sowing Two Species in the Same Field | |
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| Unlawful Address of Supernatural Powers | |
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| Cursing and Blasphemy | |
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| Sorcery | |
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| The Courts and the Justice System | |
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| False Witness | |
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| Corruption of Judges | |
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| Final Thoughts and Perspectives | |
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| Historical Timeline | |
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| Appendix: Salient Features in the History and Culture of Ancient Israel and Her Neighbors | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index of Hebrew Bible | |
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| Index of Ancient Near Eastern Documents | |
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| Index of the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament, Philo, and josephus | |
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| Index of Greco-Roman Writings | |
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| Index of Rabbinic Works | |