TY  - BOOK
AU  - Botica,Aurelian
TI  - The Concept of Intention in the Old Testament, Philo of Alexandria and the Early Rabbinic Literature: A study in human intentionality in the area of criminal, cultic and religious and ethical law. 
T2  - Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts
SN  - 9781593336530
U1  - 220 
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; LIST OF TABLES --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. THE ROLE OF INTENTION IN CRIMINAL LAW --; 2. THE ROLE OF INTENTION IN CULTIC/RITUAL LAW TEXTS --; 3. THE ROLE OF INTENTION IN “NONACTION” CASES, OR CASES WHERE THE INTENT, MORE THAN THE ACTION, ESTABLISHES BLAME OR PRAISE --; 4. THE ROLE OF INTENTION IN PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA, IN CRIMINAL AND CULTIC, RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL TEXTS --; 5. THE ROLE OF INTENTION IN EARLY RABBINIC LITERATURE, IN CRIMINAL, CULTIC/RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL TEXTS --; CONCLUSIONS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX OF SUBJECTS --; INDEX OF AUTHORITIES; restricted access
N2  - Does God take into account only the physical act, or does He also consider intention? Does inward motivation truly matter in the areas of criminal or cultic law? Were there differences between the biblical, hellenistic and rabbinic views on intention? This book explores what the Old Testament, Philo, and the early Rabbis thought about human intentionality in a legal context
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463216542
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463216542
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463216542/original
ER  -