Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel

This study examines problems to do with social justice and class relations in two societies of the archaic eastern Mediterranean: Attica and Israel. It shows that both societies faced similar social problems (predatory lending, enslavement for debt, corrupt judicial processes, violence); both societ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, David
Other Authors: Xydopoulos, Ioannis
Format: Book Section
Published: Routledge 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50761/