فهرست مطالب
Introduction
1. The Role of the Body in Religion
PART I: COGNITIVE FOUNDATIONS
2. Evolution, Emotion and Morality: A Biological Perspective
Biblical Studies and Cognitive Sciences
Rationality and Emotion
Morality and Emotion
Morality and Evolution
3. Morality, Convention and Ritual: The Role of Culture
Culture and Morality
Culture and Convention
Ritual and Morality
Moral and Ritual Impurity
Metaphorical Language
Comparative Evidence
4. Four ‘Moral’ Emotions: Disgust, Empathy, Fear, and a Sense of Justice
Moral Emotions
Disgust
Empathy
Fear
A Sense of Justice
The Role of Emotions in Legal Texts: A Way Forward
PART II: TEXTUAL APPLICATIONS
5. Pentateuchal Legal Collections: An Overview
The Problem of Sources
Codes or Collections?
The Covenant Code
Deuteronomic Law
Priestly Law
Summary
6. Dirt and Disgust in Biblical Purity Laws
Introduction
Disgust and Dietary Laws
Excursus: The Structure of Lev. 11
Disgust and Human Decay
Disgust at Repulsive Behaviour
Dealing with the Objectionable
Conclusions
7. Empathy and Ethics in the Covenant Code, Deuteronomy, and the Holiness Code
Introduction
Humanitarian Laws in the Covenant Code
Excursus: Ancient Roots in Israelite Customary Law?
Empathy in Deuteronomy
Charity in the Holiness Code
Conclusions
8. Punishment and Presence: Fear of Foreigners, God and Demons
Introduction
Immigrants and Foreigners in the Covenant Code
Further Constraints in Deuteronomy
Integration and Xenophobia in the Holiness Code
Divine Punishment: Scaring People into Empathy and Obedience
Divinities, Demons and Rites of Purification
Sending Demons Back to Where They Belong
Demonic Threat and Revenge
Conclusions
9. A Sense of Justice: Acceptance and Atonement in Civil and Sacrificial Law
Introduction
Retribution and Restitution in ANE Legal Collections
Theological and Evolutionary Explanations
Compensation versus Ransom
Removal and Reconciliation
Kipper Effected by Sacrifices
Conclusions
Conclusions
10. Emotions in Legal Collections: What Can We Learn?
Emotion and Human Behaviour
Emotion as Common Denominator
Conflicting and Interacting Emotions
Emotions and Socio-historical Context
Law and Emotion
1. The Role of the Body in Religion
PART I: COGNITIVE FOUNDATIONS
2. Evolution, Emotion and Morality: A Biological Perspective
Biblical Studies and Cognitive Sciences
Rationality and Emotion
Morality and Emotion
Morality and Evolution
3. Morality, Convention and Ritual: The Role of Culture
Culture and Morality
Culture and Convention
Ritual and Morality
Moral and Ritual Impurity
Metaphorical Language
Comparative Evidence
4. Four ‘Moral’ Emotions: Disgust, Empathy, Fear, and a Sense of Justice
Moral Emotions
Disgust
Empathy
Fear
A Sense of Justice
The Role of Emotions in Legal Texts: A Way Forward
PART II: TEXTUAL APPLICATIONS
5. Pentateuchal Legal Collections: An Overview
The Problem of Sources
Codes or Collections?
The Covenant Code
Deuteronomic Law
Priestly Law
Summary
6. Dirt and Disgust in Biblical Purity Laws
Introduction
Disgust and Dietary Laws
Excursus: The Structure of Lev. 11
Disgust and Human Decay
Disgust at Repulsive Behaviour
Dealing with the Objectionable
Conclusions
7. Empathy and Ethics in the Covenant Code, Deuteronomy, and the Holiness Code
Introduction
Humanitarian Laws in the Covenant Code
Excursus: Ancient Roots in Israelite Customary Law?
Empathy in Deuteronomy
Charity in the Holiness Code
Conclusions
8. Punishment and Presence: Fear of Foreigners, God and Demons
Introduction
Immigrants and Foreigners in the Covenant Code
Further Constraints in Deuteronomy
Integration and Xenophobia in the Holiness Code
Divine Punishment: Scaring People into Empathy and Obedience
Divinities, Demons and Rites of Purification
Sending Demons Back to Where They Belong
Demonic Threat and Revenge
Conclusions
9. A Sense of Justice: Acceptance and Atonement in Civil and Sacrificial Law
Introduction
Retribution and Restitution in ANE Legal Collections
Theological and Evolutionary Explanations
Compensation versus Ransom
Removal and Reconciliation
Kipper Effected by Sacrifices
Conclusions
Conclusions
10. Emotions in Legal Collections: What Can We Learn?
Emotion and Human Behaviour
Emotion as Common Denominator
Conflicting and Interacting Emotions
Emotions and Socio-historical Context
Law and Emotion
