Constructing Justice: The Selective Use of Scripture in Formulating Early Jewish Accounts of the Courts

Elaborate depictions of the court system in Second Temple and rabbinic literature signify its centrality for the Jewish legal tradition. Rather than offering positivistic descriptions, these representations are better thought of as templates of how to organize justice. While historically less inform...

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Main Author: Flatto, David C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2018]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2018, Volume: 111, Issue: 4, Pages: 488-515
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Temple (Jerusalem) / Early Judaism / Jewish law
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HD Early Judaism
KBL Near East and North Africa
XA Law
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