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Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)
Punishment and Freedom The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law - Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Author: Devora Steinmetz
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, t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812240689
ISBN-10: 0812240685
Publication Date: 5/13/2008
Pages: 224
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Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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