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Author Lawrence Schiffman

Title Sectarian Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls [electronic resource] : Courts, Testimony and the Penal Code / Lawrence H. Schiffman.

Imprint Providence, RI : Brown Judaic Studies, 1983-2020.
Chico, California : Scholars Press, 1983-2020.

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Description xv, 278 p. : Tables ; pages cm.
Series Brown Judaic Studies ; 33.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Note The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. To use this book, or parts of this book, in any way not covered by the license, please contact Brown Judaic Studies, Brown University, Box 1826, Providence, RI 02912.
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.
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.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2020. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Funding Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
Subject Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Added Author Jacob Neusner, Edited by.
Wendell S. Dietrich, Edited by.
Ernest S. Frerichs, Edited by.
Alan Zuckerman, Edited by.
David Blumenthal, Emory University (Approaches to Medieval Judaism), Editorial Board.
William Scott Green, University of Rochester (Approaches to Ancient Judaism), Editorial Board.
Martin Hengel, University of Tübingen (Hellenistic Judaism), Editorial Board.
David Hirsch, Brown University (Modern Jewish Literature), Editorial Board.
Baruch A. Levine, New York University (Ancient Israel), Editorial Board.
Alan Mintz, University of Maryland (Hebrew Literature), Editorial Board.
Valentin Nikiprowetzky, University of Paris (Ancient Judaism), Editorial Board.
Marc L. Raphael, Ohio State University (Approaches to Judaism in Modern Times), Editorial Board.
Peter Schäfer, University of Cologne (Ancient Judaism), Editorial Board.
Jonathan Z. Smith, University of Chicago (Studia Philonica), Editorial Board.
Uriel Tal, Tel Aviv University (Modern Judaism), Editorial Board.
David Vital, Tel Aviv University (Modern Judaism), Editorial Board.
Geza Vermes, University of Oxford (Ancient Judaism), Editorial Board.
David Altshuler, George Washington University, Corresponding Editor.
David R. Blumenthal, Emory University, Corresponding Editor.
Baruch M. Bokser, Dropsie University, Corresponding Editor.
Joel Gereboff, Arizona State University, Corresponding Editor.
David Goldenberg, Dropsie University, Corresponding Editor.
Robert Goldenberg, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Corresponding Editor.
David Goodblatt, Haifa University, Corresponding Editor.
William Scott Green, University of Rochester, Corresponding Editor.
Peter Haas, Vanderbilt University, Corresponding Editor.
Martin Jaffee, University of Virginia, Corresponding Editor.
Shamai Kanter, Temple Beth El, Rochester, New York, Corresponding Editor.
Jack L. Lightstone, Concordia University, Corresponding Editor.
Irving Mandelbaum, University of Texas, Austin, Corresponding Editor.
Ivan Marcus, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Corresponding Editor.
Louis Newman, Carleton College, Corresponding Editor.
Alan J. Peck, Tulane University, Corresponding Editor.
Gary G. Porton, University of Illinois, Corresponding Editor.
Richard S. Sarason, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Corresponding Editor.
Larry Schiffman, New York University, Corresponding Editor.
Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota, Corresponding Editor.
Roger Brooks, Editorial Committee.
Paul Flesher, Editorial Committee.
Howard Schwartz, Editorial Committee.
Judith Romney Wegner, Editorial Committee.
Brown University.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
ISBN 9781951498450 ebook 9781951498467
Standard No. 10.26300/tn4h-d455 DOI

 
    
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