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Law in the documents of the Judaean desert [electronic resource] / edited by Ranon Katzoff & David Schaps.

Contributor(s): Katzoff, Ranon | Schaps, David M | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism: v. 96.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005Description: vii, 244 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Jewish law -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources -- Congresses | Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. -- Sources -- Congresses | Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Dead Sea Region (Israel and Jordan) -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 296.1/809015 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction / Ranon Katzoff and David Schaps -- What is Hellenistic law? The documents of the Judean desert in the light of the papyri from Egypt / Joseph Mélèze Modrzejewski -- Roman officials in Judaea and Arabia and civil jurisdiction / Hannah M. Cotton and Werner Eck -- Four Murabbaʻat papyri and the alleged capture of Jerusalem by Bar Kokhba / Hanan Eshel, Magen Broshi and Timothy A. J. Jull -- Marriage payments and succession strategies in the documents from the Judaean desert / Michael L. Satlow -- Judaean desert marriage documents and ekdosis in the Greek law of the Roman period / Uri Yiftach-Firanko -- The widow Babatha and the poor orphan boy / Ann Ellis Hanson -- Babatha vs. the guardians of her son : a struggle for guardianship, legal and practical aspects of P. Yadin 12-15, 27 / Tiziana J. Chiusi -- On P. Yadin 37 = P. Hever 65 / Ranon Katzoff -- P. Yadin 21-22: sale or lease / Amihai Radzyner -- Gift and inheritance law in the Judaean desert documents / Yosef RIvlin -- Reflections of the deeds of sale from the Judaean desert in light of rabbinic literature / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Halakhic observance in the Judaean desert documents / Zeʻev Safrai -- Index of passages -- Index of names.

Studies presented at an Israel Science Fund Workshop on Law in the Documents from the Judean Desert, Bar-Ilan University, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Ranon Katzoff and David Schaps -- What is Hellenistic law? The documents of the Judean desert in the light of the papyri from Egypt / Joseph Mélèze Modrzejewski -- Roman officials in Judaea and Arabia and civil jurisdiction / Hannah M. Cotton and Werner Eck -- Four Murabbaʻat papyri and the alleged capture of Jerusalem by Bar Kokhba / Hanan Eshel, Magen Broshi and Timothy A. J. Jull -- Marriage payments and succession strategies in the documents from the Judaean desert / Michael L. Satlow -- Judaean desert marriage documents and ekdosis in the Greek law of the Roman period / Uri Yiftach-Firanko -- The widow Babatha and the poor orphan boy / Ann Ellis Hanson -- Babatha vs. the guardians of her son : a struggle for guardianship, legal and practical aspects of P. Yadin 12-15, 27 / Tiziana J. Chiusi -- On P. Yadin 37 = P. Hever 65 / Ranon Katzoff -- P. Yadin 21-22: sale or lease / Amihai Radzyner -- Gift and inheritance law in the Judaean desert documents / Yosef RIvlin -- Reflections of the deeds of sale from the Judaean desert in light of rabbinic literature / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Halakhic observance in the Judaean desert documents / Zeʻev Safrai -- Index of passages -- Index of names.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.