Publisher's Synopsis
From the earliest lore to the last lines written, the Old Testament was a masterpiece a thousand years in the making. The final version of the Hebraic texts dates probably from the first century B.C. After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by Roman troops in the year 70 AD, Jewish scholars created the Masoretic Text that serves as the basis for all translations of the Old Testament until today. The Old Testament contains allegories, narrations of historic events, guidelines and elements of a legal code - the Divine Law. This book is a compilation of those parts of the Old Testament that compose the criminal code of the Divine Law. While the Old Testament contains many verses describing punishments for wrongful deeds, this book lists only those law-like regulations that apply to everyone. It does not contain punishments that God bestows upon a specific individual or group. This book is for both, the scholar who needs a comprehensive overview of the criminal code of the Old Testament, as well as the laymen, who seeks clarity and guidance in an ever changing world.
