Homicide in the biblical world. - Barmash, Pamela 1966- (Cambridge Cambridge university press, 2005)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.), Harvard University, 1999.
Keywords: Homicide (Assyro-Babylonian law); Homicide (Jewish law); 22.08*3 -- Bijbelse theologie: themata