The reciprocal relationship between law and emotion is a question about the relationship between culture and nature, or the evolutionary underpinnings of human social interaction. Behaviours originating as functional survival strategies have become dysfunctional social infringements, out of context, in need of moral repair. Law as a cultural construct attempts to regulate interaction, infringement, and repair, so as to ensure continued cooperation within a hierarchical social structure, and based on our emotional capacity. The article focuses on sexual infringements and property infringements, conceptualised by the metaphorical frameworks of MEASURE and SIZE, and appraised by various emotions. I trace the influence of emotions in biblical legal texts and their interaction with legal reasoning and moral exhortation. I discuss how law regulates and balances moral emotions, curbing excess and avoiding disproportionate revenge. I point to the rhetorical function of law to direct emotions in the service of moral values and social cohesion.

法律与情感之间的相互关系是关于文化与自然之间的关系的问题，或者是人类社会互动的进化基础。出于功能性生存策略而来的行为，出于上下文的考虑，已成为功能失调的社会侵权，需要道德修复。法律作为一种文化建构，试图规范互动，侵权和修复，以确保在我们的情感能力基础上，在一个等级化的社会结构中继续合作。本文着重于性侵犯和财产侵权，由“测量”和“尺寸”的隐喻框架进行了概念化，并通过各种情感进行了评估。我追踪了情感在圣经法律文本中的影响，以及情感与法律推理和道德劝诫的相互作用。我将讨论法律如何调节和平衡道德情感，遏制过度情感并避免过分的报复。我指出法律的修辞功能是指导情感，以服务于道德价值观和社会凝聚力。