9780812240689 - Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion) von Steinmetz, Devora (4 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Punishment and Freedom offers a fresh look at classical rabbinic texts about criminal law from the perspective of legal and moral philosophy, arguing that the Rabbis constructed an extreme positivist view of law that is based in divine command and that is related to the rabinnic notion notion of human freedom and responsibility. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 506. . 2008. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Punishment and FreedomThe Rabbinic Construction of Criminal LawDevora Steinmetz'This is an exciting and often brilliant work, perhaps the best available analysis of how judicial punishment is understood in rabbinic literature. Punishment and Freedom contributes mightily to the most vexed and widely debated issue in all of Jewish legal theory, whether Jewish law is to be conceived as positivist or instead as reflecting a notion of natural law.'--David Shatz, Yeshiva UniversityIn 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, theological, and ethical conceptions of the law.Through close readings of passages describing criminal procedure and punishment, Steinmetz argues that the Rabbis constructed an extreme positivist view of sinaitic law based in divine command. This view of law is related to a conception of the human being as fully free and responsible. Steinmetz contrasts this philosophy with the reflections on law in the Pauline letters and argues that the Rabbis see their own view of law as a key marker of Jewish identity that is tied to the rabbinic notion that human beings are charged with shaping the world and their own destiny.Punishment and Freedom is a valuable guide through talmudic discourse for scholars of Jewish thought, early Christianity, and legal philosophy.Devora Steinmetz teaches Talmud and rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary.Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion2008 | 224 pages | 6 x 9ISBN 978-0-8122-4068-9 | Cloth | $59.95s | £39.00 World Rights | ReligionShort copy:Punishment and Freedom offers a fresh look at classical rabbinic texts about criminal law from the perspective of legal and moral philosophy, arguing that the Rabbis constructed an extreme positivist view of law that is based in divine command and that is related to the rabinnic notion notion of human freedom and responsibility.