Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuchal Codes e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Completeness of legislation in the modern sense not to be expected; the law embraces those ceremonial and civil forms which were shaped by the theocratic idea, all else left to existing usage or future provision; opposite objections urged, incompleteness, or too great perfection for a nomad tribe, 51 isolation of the peo ple and the equal division of lands favor simplicity of legisla tion, which was subordinate to Israel's high spiritual calling, 52.