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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Halberstam Chaya T., Chaya T. (Professor of Religious Studi Halberstam, Chaya T. Halberstam
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 02.05.2024
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo
• EAN: 9780198865148
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886514-8
• Numero di pagine: 266
• Serie: The Bible and the Humanities
• Categorie: 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