Sectarian Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls : Courts, Testimony and the Penal Code / Lawrence H. Schiffman.
- Lawrence Schiffman.
- Date:
- 1983-2020
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Publication/Creation
Providence, RI : Brown Judaic Studies, 1983-2020.
Chico, California : Scholars Press, 1983-2020.
Physical description
xv, 278 pages : Tables ; pages cm.
Contributors
- Lawrence Schiffman.
- Jacob NeusnerEdited by
- Wendell S. DietrichEdited by
- Ernest S. FrerichsEdited by
- Alan ZuckermanEdited by
- David Blumenthal.Editorial Board
- William Scott Green.Editorial Board
- Martin Hengel.Editorial Board
- David Hirsch.Editorial Board
- Baruch A. Levine.Editorial Board
- Alan Mintz.Editorial Board
- Valentin Nikiprowetzky.Editorial Board
- Marc L. Raphael.Editorial Board
- Peter Schäfer.Editorial Board
- Jonathan Z. Smith.Editorial Board
- Uriel Tal.Editorial Board
- David Vital.Editorial Board
- Geza Vermes.Editorial Board
- David Altshuler.Corresponding Editor
- David R. Blumenthal.Corresponding Editor
- Baruch M. Bokser.Corresponding Editor
- Joel Gereboff.Corresponding Editor
- David Goldenberg.Corresponding Editor
- Robert Goldenberg.Corresponding Editor
- David Goodblatt.Corresponding Editor
- William Scott Green.Corresponding Editor
- Peter Haas.Corresponding Editor
- Martin Jaffee.Corresponding Editor
- Shamai Kanter.Corresponding Editor
- Jack L. Lightstone.Corresponding Editor
- Irving Mandelbaum.Corresponding Editor
- Ivan Marcus.Corresponding Editor
- Louis Newman.Corresponding Editor
- Alan J. Peck.Corresponding Editor
- Gary G. Porton.Corresponding Editor
- Richard S. Sarason.Corresponding Editor
- Larry Schiffman.Corresponding Editor
- Tzvee Zahavy.Corresponding Editor
- Roger BrooksEditorial Committee
- Paul FlesherEditorial Committee
- Howard SchwartzEditorial Committee
- Judith Romney WegnerEditorial Committee
- Brown University
Funding information
Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
Creator/production credits
Publication of this book was made possible, in part, by the generosity of the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island. Special thanks go to Mr. Melvin Alperin, President, and Mr. Elliot Cohan, Executive Director.
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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2020. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
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Contents
Introduction -- Judges and Their Qualifications -- The Qualifications of Witnesses -- The Law of Testimony -- Reproof as a Requisite for Punishment -- The Restoration of Lost or Stolen Property -- The Use of Divine Names -- The Sectarian Penal Code -- The Communal Meal -- Conclusion: Law and Community in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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- 9781951498450