Resolving Disputes in Second Century BCE Herakleopolis : A Study in Jewish Legal Reasoning in Hellenistic Egypt / Robert A. Kugler.
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TextSeries: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; 201. | Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2022Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9789004508286
- 9789004505636
- A Study in Jewish Legal Reasoning in Hellenistic Egypt
- 340.532 23
- KL2806.5
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Robert A. Kugler -- Copyright page / Robert A. Kugler -- Preface and Acknowledgements / Robert A. Kugler -- Introduction / Robert A. Kugler -- Chapter 2 Reading Petitions, Recovering Legal Reasoning / Robert A. Kugler -- Chapter 3 Delicts against the Person / Robert A. Kugler -- Chapter 4 On Marriage and Family / Robert A. Kugler -- Chapter 5 On Loans, Leases, Sales, and Labor Agreements / Robert A. Kugler -- Chapter 6 Concluding Reflections / Robert A. Kugler -- Bibliography / Robert A. Kugler -- Index of Ancient Sources / Robert A. Kugler.
Resolving Disputes challenges the consensus that the petitions to the leaders of "the πολίτευμα of the Jews in Herakleopolis" (P.Polit.Iud. 8.4-5) prove that while the Ptolemies granted Jews limited self-governance according to their ancestral traditions, the petitioners nonetheless relied almost exclusively on Ptolemaic Greek law to make their agreements and settle their arguments. Reading the appeals in their proper juridical context, this study shows how these Jewish petitioners in fact made sophisticated use of their ancestral norms, drawing from them principles that complemented and contradicted prevailing Greek law. The Jews appealing to the leaders of the πολίτευμα in Herakleopolis embraced Torah.
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