[b-hebrew] Isaiah 53 read within the book as a whole
Peter Kirk
peterkirk at qaya.org
Thu May 27 19:25:13 EDT 2004
On 27/05/2004 16:21, Lisbeth S. Fried wrote:
>Dear Peter et. al.,
>By "written law" I mean a concept whereby judges (or police or
>lawyers or just judges) make decisions based on a written
>set of laws. ...
>
Well, this isn't what Vadim meant by written law. He was talking about
written codes specifying behaviour, like Leviticus and Hammurabi, not
about how judges etc make decisions.
>... This did not exist in Mesopotamia (and still doesn't) ...
>
>
Well, it did to a large extent until Bush, Blair and friends decided
unilaterally to overthrow the established government and rule by decree
and gunpoint.
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Peter Kirk
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