@inbook{771f1da509e242a1bf0074621f04d41e,
title = "Slave wives and transgressive unions in biblical and ancient Near East law",
abstract = "This essay contends that biblical narratives were composed in the knowledge that audiences were familiar with different ancient Near East (ANE) legal codes in cuneiform, as well as Hebrew biblical laws on conjugal relations and inheritance laws involving slave wives. It is suggested that much of the drama in the Bible is created by main characters contravening written biblical and ANE laws, and that audiences would be aware that such frissons were being referenced. Indeed, the characters{\textquoteright} contraventions add so much depth and dramatic irony to the narratives that it is unlikely that they have not been created or harmonised in this reverse way",
author = "HR Jacobus",
note = "See Chapter 4 on link to the book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leviticus-Numbers-Texts-Contest-Contexts/dp/080069936X",
year = "2013",
month = mar,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780800699369",
series = "Texts@Contexts",
publisher = "Augsburg Fortress",
pages = "55--75",
editor = "A Brenner and ACC Lee",
booktitle = "Leviticus and Numbers",
address = "United States",
}