Provincial Rabbis: Shaping Rabbinic Divorce Procedure in a Roman Legal Environment

In contrast to prevalent tendencies, this essay argues that rabbinic law is not merely scholastic but reflects an active engagement with Roman legal institutions, thus setting the rabbis alongside other provincials in the imperial legal landscape. Rabbinic unilateral divorce procedure is fundamental...

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Main Author: Furstenberg, Yair (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2019
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2019, Volume: 109, Issue: 4, Pages: 471-499
Further subjects:B Divorce
B Shammai
B Mishnah
B Roman Law
B get
B Imperialism
B rabbinic law
B Marriage
B Hillel
B Courts
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