Description: He contends that biblical laws did not emerge from social imperatives in ancient Israel, but instead from the careful, retrospective study of the nation's history and identity.
Brief description: Calum Carmichael is a professor of comparative literature and an adjunct professor of law at Cornell University.
Review Quotes: Valuable in challenging us to take seriously the intimate connections between Scriptural narrative and Scriptural law.
--Jane Kanarek, Henoch