Does Prep practice punitive justice or restorative justice? Explain your reasoning.

Read the section “Three Collections of Law” and answer the following in your notes:

How many accounts of the law are there in the Old Testament? Are they exactly the same or do they differ? Explain.

Why was there no law enforcement (police) in the ancient Israelite community?

How does the practice of the law in ancient Israel differ from the law today?

Name: Covenant Code

Deuteronomic Code

Levitical Code

Location in Scripture:

Ex:20-23 Dt: 5-28 Leviticus

Main Features: •Mostly Civil Law•Connection to the natural (10 commandments)•Possibly the oldest code•Similar to Deuteronomic Code

•Themes of indentured servitude•Development of Covenant Code•Social Justice emphasis

•Religious Law