Introduction: The Triumph of the Cross 23 Capital Punishment in America The Redemptive Purpose of Sinai Law The Biblical Case Against Capital Punishment Interpreting the Bible The Church and Capital Punishment: from Second Century Polemicists to the Postmodern Era PART ONE: 1 On the Mountain with Moses, Exodus 19–24 • 39 Near Eastern Law Codes Similarities of the Sinai Code to the Hammurabi Code The Radical Revolution of Covenant Law How The Covenant Inclusio (Exod. 19:3-6; 24:3-8) Contrasts with the Prologue and the Epilogue of the Hammurabi Code The Decalogue, Exodus 20:2-17 The Sinai Covenant Code, Exodus 20:22–23:19 Summary and Prospect 2 On the Mountain with
Elijah— The Law and the Prophets The Baal Apostasy of the Omride Dynasty
and Elijah’s Confrontation at Horeb: Yahweh’s Question, Elijah’s Complaint, 1 Kings 19:1-10 Theophany at Horeb: Three Negatives and a Whisper, I Kings 19:11-14a Elijah’s Commission: Three Anointings and a Promise, 1 Kings 19:15-18 Chariots of Fire and Horses of Fire, 2 Kings 2:12–13:14 Elisha, Shepherd to the "Seven Thousand" Elisha and the Three Negatives: Wind, Earthquake and Fire Jehu’s Blood Bath at Jezreel, 2 Kings 9:1–10:31 Naboth’s Vineyard: A Flashback, 1 Kings 21 Yahweh’s Limited Affirmation of Jehu’s Bloodbath, 2 Kings 10:18-36 Hosea’s Family Experience Illustrates Israel’s Broken Covenant, Hosea 1:2-9 Reversal of Names: Not Retribution and Death but Forgiveness and Life, Hosea 2 Yahweh’s Covenant Forgiveness: Paradigm for Hosea’s Family Renewal, Hosea 3 3 Selections on Covenant Law from the Writing Prophets • 99 Covenant Law and Amos 1–2 Covenant Law and the Book of Isaiah: from Isaiah 1–39 Covenant Law and the Book of Isaiah: from Isaiah 40-55 Covenant Law and the Book of Ezekiel: Ezekiel 18 Covenant Law and Inhumane Empires in the Book of Daniel: Daniel 6–7 Summary and Prospect of Chapters Two and Three: Elijah and the Prophets 4 On the Mountain with Jesus, Matthew 5–7 • 114 Listen to Jesus The Structure of the Sermon on the Mount Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer: Basic Principles of the Sermon, Matt. 6:9-13 Introduction to the Antitheses: Greater and Lesser Covenant Laws, Matt. 5:17-20 The Antitheses and Greater Covenant Laws, Matt. 5:21-47 The Fifth Antithesis: the Law of Retaliation The Sixth Antithesis: Love for the Enemy PART TWO: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT 5 From Law as Retribution to Law as Covenant Love • 133 6 Conversation with Law Professors Sarat and Shaffer • 137 The Critique of Capital Punishment must include a Corporate Critique The Jurisprudence of John Howard Yoder
and the Notes 145 Bibliography 179 Sound of Sheer Silence orders:
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