Legal fiction s studies of law and narrative in the discursive worlds of ancient Jewish sectarians and sages /

Ancient Jewish writings combine interpretive narratives of Israel's sacred history with legal prescriptions for a divinely ordered way of life. Two ancient Jewish societies have left us extensive textual corpora preserving interpenetrating legal and narrative interpretive teachings: the sectari...

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Main Author: Fraade, Steven D.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 147.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004222748.

Subjects:

Dead Sea scrolls.

Jewish law > History > To 1500.

Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.