Sectarian Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls : Courts, Testimony and the Penal Code / Lawrence H. Schiffman ; Michael L. Satlow, managing editor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Brown Judaic studies ; 33 | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Chico : Scholars Press, 2020Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
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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.
Summary: "This volume examines the sectarian legal system, specifically its courts, court proƯcedure, rules of testimony and the Penal Code. Schiffman argues that the legal system portrayed in the scrolls coheres organically with the community's theological outlook and idealized vision of itself. His argument thus challenges attempts to see the scrolls as having been produced by multiple groups, randomly collected and preserved."--Provided by publisher
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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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"This volume examines the sectarian legal system, specifically its courts, court proƯcedure, rules of testimony and the Penal Code. Schiffman argues that the legal system portrayed in the scrolls coheres organically with the community's theological outlook and idealized vision of itself. His argument thus challenges attempts to see the scrolls as having been produced by multiple groups, randomly collected and preserved."--Provided by publisher

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