Trial stories in Jewish antiquity : counternarratives of justice /
What can early Jewish courtroom narratives tell us about the capacity and limits of human justice? By exploring how judges and the act of judging are depicted in these narratives, this book challenges the prevailing notion, both then and now, of the ideal impartial judge. As a work of intellectual h...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Series: | Bible and the humanities.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | What can early Jewish courtroom narratives tell us about the capacity and limits of human justice? By exploring how judges and the act of judging are depicted in these narratives, this book challenges the prevailing notion, both then and now, of the ideal impartial judge. As a work of intellectual history, the book also contributes to contemporary debates about the role of legal decision-making in shaping a just society. Chaya T. Halberstam shows that instead of modelling a system in which lofty, inaccessible judges follow objective and rational rules, ancient Jewish trial narratives depict a legal practice dependent upon the individual judge's personal relationships, reactive emotions, and impulse to care. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-238) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191897559 0191897558 9780192634436 0192634437 9780192634429 0192634429 |