The Crown and the Courts: separation of powers in the early jewish imagination
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Law and Power in Biblical and Western Jurisprudence -- Part One. Second Temple Literature -- 1. Postbiblical Jurisprudence -- 2. Philo's Jurisprudence -- 3. Qumran Literature on Kingship, Councils, and Law -- 4. Josephu...
| Summary: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Law and Power in Biblical and Western Jurisprudence -- Part One. Second Temple Literature -- 1. Postbiblical Jurisprudence -- 2. Philo's Jurisprudence -- 3. Qumran Literature on Kingship, Councils, and Law -- 4. Josephus on Kingship, Theocracy, and Law -- Part Two. Rabbinic Literature -- 5. Kingship and Law in Tannaitic Literature -- 6. Juridical Models in Tannaitic Literature -- 7. The Nasi and the Judiciary in Rabbinic Literature -- Part Three. Roots, Theory, Afterlife -- 8. Formative Factors -- 9. Ancient and Modern Jurisprudence -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Names and Terms -- Index Locorum. |
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| ISBN: | 0674249607 |