This page is part of the Hypertext Bible Commentary - Amos, © Tim Bulkeley, 1996-2005, Tim Bulkeley. All rights reserved.
Instructions in the form:
| "if..." | some event happens | protasis |
| "then..." | you are to act thus | apotasis |
are called "casuistic" because they have the air of "case law". Collections of such laws are found from most Ancient Near-Eastern societies. Many of the laws of the Pentateuch are of this form. Others are apodictic in form.
This page is part of the Hypertext Bible Commentary - Amos,
© Tim Bulkeley, 1996-2005, Tim
Bulkeley. All rights reserved.