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[FN#200] i.e. the lex talionis, which is the essence of Moslem, and indeed, of all criminal jurisprudence.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Rejecting lex talionis "an eye for an eye", he offers instead a law of loving the enemy, insisting that a person not resist an evildoer, but rather turn the other cheek, give one's garment away, go two miles and give to everyone who begs.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence Ph.D. Matthew S. Rindge 2011
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Rejecting lex talionis "an eye for an eye", he offers instead a law of loving the enemy, insisting that a person not resist an evildoer, but rather turn the other cheek, give one's garment away, go two miles and give to everyone who begs.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence Ph.D. Matthew S. Rindge 2011
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Lex talionis, intended to minimize the cycle of escalating violence, fails for Jesus because it does not end the cycle.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence Ph.D. Matthew S. Rindge 2011
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Rejecting lex talionis "an eye for an eye", he offers instead a law of loving the enemy, insisting that a person not resist an evildoer, but rather turn the other cheek, give one's garment away, go two miles and give to everyone who begs.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence Ph.D. Matthew S. Rindge 2011
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Rejecting lex talionis "an eye for an eye", he offers instead a law of loving the enemy, insisting that a person not resist an evildoer, but rather turn the other cheek, give one's garment away, go two miles and give to everyone who begs.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence Ph.D. Matthew S. Rindge 2011
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Rejecting lex talionis "an eye for an eye", he offers instead a law of loving the enemy, insisting that a person not resist an evildoer, but rather turn the other cheek, give one's garment away, go two miles and give to everyone who begs.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence Ph.D. Matthew S. Rindge 2011
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Lex talionis, intended to minimize the cycle of escalating violence, fails for Jesus because it does not end the cycle.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence Ph.D. Matthew S. Rindge 2011
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Lex talionis, intended to minimize the cycle of escalating violence, fails for Jesus because it does not end the cycle.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence Ph.D. Matthew S. Rindge 2011
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Lex talionis, intended to minimize the cycle of escalating violence, fails for Jesus because it does not end the cycle.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D.: Troy Davis And The Biblical Case(s) For Violence Ph.D. Matthew S. Rindge 2011
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