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. His argumen...

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Main Author:	Schiffman, Lawrence H. (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (sponsoring body.), National Endowment for the Humanities (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors:	Satlow, Michael L. (Editorial director)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chico : Scholars Press, 2020.
Edition:	Second edition.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Dead Sea scrolls. Qumran community. Jewish law. Droit juif > Palestine. Communaute de Qumrān. Jewish law > Palestine. Middle East > Palestine. Livres numeriques. e-books. Electronic books.
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