Signs of Sin: Seriousness of Offence in Biblical Law

by Jonathan Patrick Burnside

What makes one crime more serious than another, and why? This book investigates the problem of "seriousness of offence" in English law from the comparative perspective of biblical law. Burnside takes a semiotic approach to show how biblical conceptions of seriousness are synthesised and communicated through various descriptive and performative registers. Seven case studies show that biblical law discriminates between the seriousness of different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826462189
• ISBN13: 9780826462183
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.7"