The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective

In The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective, scholars from a range of disciplines treat the various historical contexts and thematic significance of one of the most pervasive religious metaphors, the divine courtroom.

About the author

Ari Mermelstein, Ph.D. (2011), New York University, is Assistant Professor of Bible at Yeshiva University. His research focuses on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple literature. He is the author of Creation, Covenant, and the Beginnings of Judaism: Reconceiving Historical Time in the Second Temple Period(Brill, 2014).

Shalom E. Holtz, Ph.D. (2006), University of Pennsylvania, is Associate Professor of Bible at Yeshiva University. The author of Neo-Babylonian Court Procedure (Brill, 2009), he is interested in Mesopotamian literature and law and their relationships to biblical and post-biblical writings.

Product details

• Assisted by: Holtz (Editor), Ari Mermelstein (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2014
• EAN: 9789004281639
• ISBN: 978-90-04-28163-9
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: Biblical Interpretation
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism