Punishment and freedom : the rabbinic construction of criminal law
"In Punishment and Freedom, Devora Steinmetz offers a fresh look at classical rabbinic texts about criminal law from the perspective of legal and moral philosophy. Steinmetz holds that the criminal and judicial procedures they describe were never designed to be applied in a real state. Rather, these texts deal with broader philosophical, theological, and ethical conceptions of the law. Punishment and Freedom is a valuable guide through talmudic discourse for scholars of Jewish thought, early Christianity, and legal philosophy."--Jacket
eBook, English, ©2008
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, ©2008
1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages).
1245774305
Ḥeneq and the nature of law
Noachide law
Legal principles and prohibitions
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"And live by them": Paul and the rabbis
Law, responsibility, and transformation
Ḥeneq and the nature of law -- Noachide law -- Legal principles and prohibitions -- Murder and the social response to wrongdoing -- "And live by them" : Paul and the rabbis -- Law, responsibility, and transformation
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