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Book: If I Forget You, Jerusalem!

Chapter: 3. Justice as Pre-existing World Order

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.44794

Blurb:

Justice was the key concept in the Ancient Near East. Even God had to abide to its rules, thus when he created the world. Justice existed before creation. It demanded that, in Akkadian, kittum and mišarim, in Hebrew ṩedeq and mišpåṭ, “right and justice”, should prevail among humans.

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