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Burnside, Jonathan --- "Biblical law" [2019] ELECD 2583; in Sandberg, Russell; Doe, Norman; Kane, Bronach; Roberts, Caroline (eds), "Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 287

Book Title: Research Handbook on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Religion

Editor(s): Sandberg, Russell; Doe, Norman; Kane, Bronach; Roberts, Caroline

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: Biblical law

Author(s): Burnside, Jonathan

Number of pages: 18

Abstract/Description:

Why should law and religion scholars look at Biblical law? This chapter explores what Biblical law is, arguing that it is inherently interdisciplinary. It considers the authority, offensiveness, application and communicability of Biblical law as well as its social vision.