TY - BOOK AU - Barmash, Pamela TI - Homicide in the biblical world SN - 97805218346810521834686 AV - HV6507 .B37 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, UK ; New York : PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Homicide (Jewish law) -- Biblical teaching.Homicide (Ancient law) -- Middle East.Homicide -- Cross-cultural studies N1 - ntroduction -- A first case: the story of Cain and Abel -- Blood feud and state control -- The development of places of refuge in the Bible -- Pollution and homicide -- Typologies of homicide -- Lex Talionis -- International law: the homicide of a foreign citizen -- Conclusion -- Appendix: cuneiform sources on homicide ER -