Trial Stories in Jewish Antiquity - Counternarratives of Justice

Trial Stories in Jewish Antiquity is the first book to examine what early Jewish courtroom narratives can tell us about the capacity and limits of human justice. Drawing from affect theory and feminist legal thought, Chaya T. Halberstam offers original readings of some of the most famous trials in the ancient Jewish tradition.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: The Case for Impartiality


• 2: The King Who Cares in Daniel 6


• 3: Feeling our Way to Justice in Susanna


• 4: The Collapse of Judgment in the Trials of Jesus


• 5: Dissolving Trials in Josephus¿s Jewish Antiquities


• 6: Parables of Judgment in Tannaitic Literature


• 7: Judging within the Rabbinic Household in the Babylonian Talmud


• Conclusion

About the author

Chaya T. Halberstam is Professor of Religious Studies at King's University College, University of Western Ontario. She works on law and literature in Israelite and Jewish antiquity, specializing in early rabbinic texts. Her research explores the limits of the law and the gestures within legal contexts toward social, emotional, and relational reasoning. Halberstam received her PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. She has previously held fellowships at the University of Michigan, Harvard University, and Indiana University.

Summary

Trial Stories in Jewish Antiquity is the first book to examine what early Jewish courtroom narratives can tell us about the capacity and limits of human justice. Drawing from affect theory and feminist legal thought, Chaya T. Halberstam offers original readings of some of the most famous trials in the ancient Jewish tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Chaya T. Halberstam, Chaya T. (Professor of Religious Studi Halberstam, Halberstam Chaya T.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2024
• EAN: 9780198865148
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886514-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: The Bible and the Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, LAW / Legal History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Judaism, Legal History, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis