Legal fictions : studies of law and narrative in the discursive worlds of ancient Jewish sectarians and sages /
Ancient Jewish writings combine interpretive narratives of Israels sacred history with legal prescriptions for a divinely ordered way of life. Two ancient Jewish societies have left us extensive textual corpora preserving interpenetrating legal and narrative interpretive teachings: the sectarian com...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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Colección: | Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ;
v. 147. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Ancient Jewish writings combine interpretive narratives of Israels sacred history with legal prescriptions for a divinely ordered way of life. Two ancient Jewish societies have left us extensive textual corpora preserving interpenetrating legal and narrative interpretive teachings: the sectarian community of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the sage-disciple circles of the early Rabbis. This book comprises studies that explore specific aspects of the interplay of interpretative, narrative, and legal rhetoric with an eye to pedagogic function and social formation for each of these communities and for b. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 627 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9789004201842 900420184X 1283161265 9781283161268 9786613161260 6613161268 |
ISSN: | 1384-2161 ; |