Eye for an eye / William Ian Miller.
Eye for an eye / William Ian Miller.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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T0368686
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 266 p. ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2006.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This book is a historical and philosophical meditation on paying back and buying back, that is, on retaliation and redemption. It takes the law of the talion - eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth - seriously. In its biblical formulation that law states the value of my eye in terms of your eye, the value of your teeth in terms of my teeth. Eyes and t...
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Eye for an eye / William Ian Miller.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-257) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from OA/N340.53/3.
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T0368686
Record Identifier
74VKRKOvVjx3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRKOvVjx3
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ISBN
0521856809 (hbk.) :
9780521856805 (hbk.) :
DDC
340.53
MMS ID
991023085289702626
