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> [“One leitmotif in the biblical law codes is an attempt to restructure society in such a way that the exploitative role of tribute paid to a political elite is eliminated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/one-leitmotif-in-the-biblical-law-codes-is-an-attempt-to-restructure/)

[Joshua A. Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-a-berman/)

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## More by Joshua A. Berman

> [“To understand, however, how the received form of the Bible frames and presents them, we do well to refer to the way I introduced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/to-understand-however-how-the-received-form-of-the-bible-frames-and/)

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> [“One leitmotif in the biblical law codes is an attempt to restructure society in such a way that the exploitative role of tribute paid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/one-leitmotif-in-the-biblical-law-codes-is-an-attempt-to-restructure/)

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> [“The Sargon account is written in the first person, as is highly typical for royal narrative inscriptions, whereas the Moses account is written in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/the-sargon-account-is-written-in-the-first-person-as-is-highly/)

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> [“When economic imbalances became extreme, the lack of equilibrium and viability could threaten social and political order.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/when-economic-imbalances-became-extreme-the-lack-of-equilibrium-and/)

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> [“As shown in chapter 2, the Pentateuch largely rejects the monarchic principle as it was construed elsewhere, often with a religiously sanctioned central government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/as-shown-in-chapter-2-the-pentateuch-largely-rejects-the-monarchic/)

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> [“Generally, three approaches to the law codes of the ancient Near East are adduced. Some scholars see them as idyllic collections of judicial problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/generally-three-approaches-to-the-law-codes-of-the-ancient-near-east/)

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> [“A peasant—a small landowner—resides on a small plot of privately owned lands, and engages in subsistence farming.25 As his margins of profit are slim,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/a-peasant-a-small-landowner-resides-on-a-small-plot-of-privately/)

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> [“What we will see time and again is the way preexisting concepts and institutions in ancient Near Eastern culture are reworked according to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/what-we-will-see-time-and-again-is-the-way-preexisting-concepts-and/)

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> [“Deuteronomy’s notion of tithes—that for two out of three years surplus is shared broadly with the disadvantaged, and in the third year is given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/deuteronomy-s-notion-of-tithes-that-for-two-out-of-three-years/)

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> [“Motifs recur in independent fashion because they are universal. And when such events actually happen, people like to tell of them. Equally evident, however,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/motifs-recur-in-independent-fashion-because-they-are-universal-and/)

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> [“Ennoblement and empowerment, however, are not achieved in the theological or political realms alone. In this chapter, I examine how the law collections of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-a-berman/ennoblement-and-empowerment-however-are-not-achieved-in-the/)

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