Pístis—fsṭs: A Greek and Roman Bill of Trust in Palestine
Πίστις—פסטס: A Greek and Roman Bill of Trust in Palestine
The term pistis, in its legal context, refers to various forms of trusts, loans, securities, credits, guarantees, and means of inheritance. One of its uses in Greek Egyptian papyri was interpreted as referring to title-transfer security or to fictitious ownership. This paper adds rabbinic sources fr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2025, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 193-227 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Talmûd bavlî
/ Roman law
/ Pistis
/ Rabbinic literature
/ Transfer of property
/ Halacha
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| Further subjects: | B
Halakha
B loan B title-transfer security B Roman Law B hazaqa B fictitious ownership B Greek legal traditions B Talmud B usucapio |
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| Summary: | The term pistis, in its legal context, refers to various forms of trusts, loans, securities, credits, guarantees, and means of inheritance. One of its uses in Greek Egyptian papyri was interpreted as referring to title-transfer security or to fictitious ownership. This paper adds rabbinic sources from Greco-Roman Palestine to the discussion on pistis. The comparison sheds light on the rabbinic sources, as well as expands our understanding of the use and spread of a Greek legal term and concept in the eastern Roman Empire. It therefore serves as a test case for the importance of rabbinic literature as a source in the study of Greek and Roman legal traditions, supplying new evidence for using this term as referring to fictitious ownership and for its use as referring to title-transfer security. This use of the term pistis changes in the Babylonian Talmud, preserving only echoes of its original meaning. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0631 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10099 |
