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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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Schiffman, Lawrence H. (Awdur)
Awduron Corfforaethol: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (sponsoring body.), National Endowment for the Humanities (sponsoring body.)
Awduron Eraill: Satlow, Michael L. (Editorial director)
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Chico : Scholars Press, 2020.
Rhifyn:Second edition.
Cyfres:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Pynciau:
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available:
Tagiau: Ychwanegu Tag
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Introduction
  • Judges and their qualifications
  • The qualifications of witnesses
  • The law of testimony
  • Reproof as a requisite for punishment
  • The restoration of lost or stolen property
  • The use of divine names
  • The sectarian penal code
  • The communal meal
  • Conclusion: Law and community in the Dead Sea Scrolls.