Sectarian law in the Dead Sea scrolls : courts, testimony and the penal code /
"This volume examines the sectarian legal system, specifically its courts, court proƯcedure, rules of testimony and the Penal Code. Schiffman argues that the legal system portrayed in the scrolls coheres organically with the community's theological outlook and idealized vision of itself. H...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chico :
Scholars Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Brown Judaic studies ;
no. 33. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This volume examines the sectarian legal system, specifically its courts, court proƯcedure, rules of testimony and the Penal Code. Schiffman argues that the legal system portrayed in the scrolls coheres organically with the community's theological outlook and idealized vision of itself. His argument thus challenges attempts to see the scrolls as having been produced by multiple groups, randomly collected and preserved."--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Edition statement from online full metadata page. "This edition incorporates typographical corrections of the original text"--Publishers' preface "Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program."--Title page verso. "Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License."--Title page verso. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781951498450 1951498453 9781951498467 1951498461 |