Biblical Law Section

For the abstracts to these papers, click here.

Papers for this session will be read partially or in full within 20-25 minutes
to allow for at least 10 minutes of discussion.

Copies of the full papers are typically available ahead of time (by November 1).
You can click on the titles of those that have been made available.

Presider: Bruce Wells, Saint Joseph's University

Shalom E. Holtz, Yeshiva University
Preserving Sin as Evidence in Court

Reinhard Achenbach, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Human Rights and International Law in the Book of Amos

Avi Shveka, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Premarital Sex in Biblical Law and in Real Life: A Reassessment

J.D. Atkins, Marquette University
The Origins of Deuteronomic Prophecy: Early Moses Traditions in Deut 18:15-22