The crown and the courts separation of powers in the early Jewish imagination

A scholar of law and religion uncovers a surprising origin story behind the idea of the separation of powers.The separation of powers is a bedrock of modern constitutionalism, but striking antecedents were developed centuries earlier, by Jewish scholars and rabbis of antiquity. Attending carefully t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Flatto, David C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2020
Subjects:
586 B.C.-425 A.D.
Separation of powers > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Jewish law > History.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425.
Droit juif > Histoire.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique)
Judaïsme > Histoire > 10-425 (Période talmudique)
Jewish law
Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Judaism > Talmudic period
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Law and Power in Biblical and Western Jurisprudence
  • Part One. Second Temple Literature
  • 1. Postbiblical Jurisprudence
  • 2. Philo's Jurisprudence
  • 3. Qumran Literature on Kingship, Councils, and Law
  • 4. Josephus on Kingship, Theocracy, and Law
  • Part Two. Rabbinic Literature
  • 5. Kingship and Law in Tannaitic Literature
  • 6. Juridical Models in Tannaitic Literature
  • 7. The Nasi and the Judiciary in Rabbinic Literature
  • Part Three. Roots, Theory, Afterlife
  • 8. Formative Factors
  • 9. Ancient and Modern Jurisprudence
  • Conclusion

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