Execution and invention: death penalty discourse in early rabbinic and christian cultures
Auteur :
Berkowitz, Beth A.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195179194
Date de publication :
27 avr. 2006
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,7 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
658 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The death penalty in classical Judaism has been a highly politicized subject in modern scholarship. This book tells the story of modern scholarship on the ancient rabbinic death penalty and continues the story by offering a different perspective using the approaches of ritual studies, cultural criticism, and Talmudic source criticism.