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pt. 1. Concepts of legal and moral responsibility
From the trial of Adam and Eve to the judgments of Solomon and Daniel
David and Goliath: trial by combat
Stories of disguise
The fruits of deceit
Samson loses a bet
To kill and take possession
A godly man killed by a lion
Saul kills the priests of Nob
Jephthah sacrifices his daughter
pt. 2. The rise of the house of David: the problem of legitimacy
Prophecy in times of upheavals
Jerusalem the eternal capital: Assyria's contribution
Succession to the throne
pt. 3. Family and Matrimony
The prohibition of another man's wife
The status of women: monogamy, polygamy, and surrogate motherhood
Infertility, surrogacy, and sperm donation
Levirate marriage and incest
The wives of the father and of the king
The divorce of Michal
Crimes in the family: rape, murder, and adultery
Death of a bastard
The expulsion of the foreign women: Ezra's legal revolution.
From the trial of Adam and Eve to the judgments of Solomon and Daniel
David and Goliath: trial by combat
Stories of disguise
The fruits of deceit
Samson loses a bet
To kill and take possession
A godly man killed by a lion
Saul kills the priests of Nob
Jephthah sacrifices his daughter
pt. 2. The rise of the house of David: the problem of legitimacy
Prophecy in times of upheavals
Jerusalem the eternal capital: Assyria's contribution
Succession to the throne
pt. 3. Family and Matrimony
The prohibition of another man's wife
The status of women: monogamy, polygamy, and surrogate motherhood
Infertility, surrogacy, and sperm donation
Levirate marriage and incest
The wives of the father and of the king
The divorce of Michal
Crimes in the family: rape, murder, and adultery
Death of a bastard
The expulsion of the foreign women: Ezra's legal revolution.