John Zhu-En Wee, «Hebrew Syntax in the Organization of Laws and its Adaptation in the Septuagint», Vol. 85 (2004) 523-544
The Hebrew of the Pentateuch exhibits a hierarchy of
discourse markers that indicate different organization levels in the legal
texts. This organization elucidates the relationship (whether coordination or
subordination) of legal stipulations with each other. The markers studied
include X+yk+Pred and X+r#)+Pred
constructions, yk and M)
clauses, as well as a specialized use of the particle
hnh. The Greek translators may have been sensitive to the use of these
markers and even modified them in order to express their particular
interpretation of the text.
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Reference Law Discussed Rule 1 Rule 2 Rule 3 Rule 4 Rule 5
✓
21,2-6 Treatment of a Hebrew Slave
✓
21,7-11 Treatment of a Betrothed Woman
✓
21,18-19 Smiting Another Man
✓
21,20-21 Smiting a Servant
✓
21,22-25 Hurting a Woman with Child
Exodus
✓
21,26-27 Smiting a Servant’s Eye or Tooth
✓
21,28-32 Penalty for a Goring Ox
✓
21,37–22,3 Theft of Cattle
✓
22,6-8 Entrusted Money or Goods
✓
22,9-12 Entrusted Cattle
✓
22,13-14 Hired Cattle
✓
22,15-16 Illegitimate Relations with Virgin
✓ ✓
1,2-17 Burnt Offering
✓ ✓ ✓
2,1-16 Cereal Offering
✓ ✓
4,2-35 Purification Offering
✓ ✓ ✓
5,1-13 Purification Offering
✓ ✓
5,21-26 Restitution
✓ ✓
12,2-8 Purification after Childbirth
✓ ✓ ✓
13,2-8 Leprosy Laws: Shiny Marks
✓ ✓ ✓
13,9-17 Leprosy Laws: Discolorations
✓ ✓ ✓
13,18-23 Leprosy Laws: Boils
✓ ✓ ✓
13,24-28 Leprosy Laws: Burns
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
13,29-37 Leprosy Laws: Scalls
✓ ✓ ✓
13,40-44 Leprosy Laws: Baldness
✓ ✓ ✓
13,47-59 Leprosy Laws: Fabrics
Leviticus
✓ ✓ ✓
15,2-13 Bodily Discharges
✓
15,16-18 Seminal Emissions
✓ ✓
15,19-28 Menstrual Discharges
✓
17,15-16 Eating an Animal that Died in the Wild
✓
19,5-8 Eating of Peace Offerings
✓ ✓
20,2-5 Idolatry with Molech
✓
20,9-21 Prohibited Human Relationships
✓
20,27 Mediums and Spiritists
✓
22,18-25 Blemished/ Deformed Animal Offerings
✓ ✓
24,15-16 Blaspheming God
✓ ✓
25,26-28 Redeeming One’s Possession
✓ ✓
25,29-30 Redeeming a Dwelling in a Walled City
✓
25,47-54 Redeeming a Kinsman from Slavery
✓ ✓
27,2-13 Monetary Valuation of Vows
✓ ✓
27,14-16 Consecrating House or Field
✓
27,26-27 Consecrating Animals