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Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 53 read within the book as a whole

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 53 read within the book as a whole
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 16:25:13 -0700

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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RE: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 53 read within the book as a whole , (continued)
- RE: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 53 read within the book as a whole, Lisbeth S. Fried, 05/27/2004
- RE: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 53 read within the book as a whole, Lisbeth S. Fried, 05/28/2004