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OverviewHow can humans ever attain the knowledge required to administer and implement divine law and render perfect justice in this world? Contrary to the belief that religious law is infallible, Chaya T. Halberstam shows that early rabbinic jurisprudence is characterized by fundamental uncertainty. She argues that while the Hebrew Bible created a sense of confidence and transparency before the law, the rabbis complicated the paths to knowledge and undermined the stability of personal status and ownership, and notions of guilt or innocence. Examining the facts of legal judgments through midrashic discussions of the law and evidence, Halberstam discovers that rabbinic understandings of the law were riddled with doubt and challenged the possibility of true justice. This book thoroughly engages law, narrative, and theology to explicate rabbinic legal authority and its limits. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chaya T. HalberstamPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780253354112ISBN 10: 0253354110 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 26 January 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1. Truth and Human Jurisprudence 1. Stains of Impurity 2. Signs of Ownership 3. The Impossibility of Judgment Part 2. Truth and Divine Justice 4. Theologies of Justice 5. Objects of Narrative Notes Bibliography Index of Scriptural Verses Index of SubjectsReviewsAdds an important aspect to our understanding of rabbinic legal thinking specifically, as well as to our understanding of rabbinic sensibilities and rabbinic piety in general. Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert, Stanford University Author InformationChaya T. Halberstam is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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