Author: Erwin Ramsdell GoodenoughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Jurisprudence of the Jewish Courts in Egypt
Author: Erwin Ramsdell GoodenoughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Jurisprudence of the Jewish Courts in Egypt
Author: Erwin GoodenoughPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781258153540
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The jurisprudence of the Jewish courts in Egypt Legal administration by the Jews under the early Roman empire as described by Philo Judaeus
Author: Erwin R. GoodenoughThe Politics of Philo Judaeus
Author: Erwin Ramsdell GoodenoughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Reading Philo
Author: Torrey SelandPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802870694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
A contemporary of both Jesus and the apostle Paul, Philo was a prolific Jewish theologian, philosopher, and politician -- a fascinating, somewhat enigmatic figure -- who lived his entire life in Alexandria, Egypt. His many books are important sources for our understanding of ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and the philosophical currents of that time. Reading Philo is an excellent introductory guide to Philo s work and significance. The contributors -- all well-known experts on Philo of Alexandria -- discuss Philo in context, offer methodological considerations (how best to study Philo), and explore Philo s ongoing relevance and value (why reading him is important). This practical volume will be an indispensable resource for anyone delving into Philo and his world.
The Jews in Late Ancient Rome
Author: L.V. RutgersPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900449359X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
It was long believed that Roman Jews lived in complete isolation. This book offers a refutation of this thesis. It focuses on the Jewish community in third and fourth-century Rome, and in particular on how this community related to the larger, non-Jewish world that surrounded it. Jewish archaeological remains and Jewish funerary inscriptions from Rome are examined from various angles, and compared to pagan and early Christian material and epigraphical remains. The author has shown great comprehensiveness, thoroughness, and accuracy in examining this epigraphic evidence. He also discusses the enigmatic legal treatise called the Collatio. This volume proposes a new way in which the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in late antiquity can be studied. As such, it is an important and useful addition to the literature on Roman Jewry in the middle Empire.
The Law in Quest of Itself
Author: Lon L. FullerPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584770163
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Fuller, Lon L. The Law in Quest of Itself. Boston: Beacon Press, 1966. [vi], 150 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-32863. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-016-9. ISBN-10: 1-58477-016-3. Cloth. $60.* Three lectures by the Harvard Law School professor examine legal positivism and natural law. In the course of his analysis Fuller discusses Kelsen's theory as a reactionary theory, and Hobbes' theory of sovereignty. He defines legal positivism as the viewpoint that draws a distinction "between the law that is and the law that ought to be..." (p.5) and interprets natural law as that which tolerates a combination of the two. He looks at the effects of positivism's continued influence on American legal thinking and concludes that law as a principle of order is necessary in a democracy.
Judaism in the New Testament
Author: Bruce ChiltonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134814976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Judaism in the New Testament explains how the writings of the early church emerged from communities which defined themselves in Judaic terms even as they professed faith in Christ. These two extremely distinguished scholars introduce readers to the plurality of Judaisms of the period. They show, by examining a variety of texts, how the major figures of the New Testament reflect distinctly Judaic practices and beliefs. This important study shows how the early movement centred on Jesus is best seen as `Christian Judaism'. Only with the Epistle to the Hebrews did the profile of a new and distinct Christian religion emerge.
Jewish Women Philosophers of First-Century Alexandria
Author: Joan E. TaylorPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780191555459
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The first-century ascetic Jewish philosophers known as the 'Therapeutae', described in Philo's treatise De Vita Contemplativa, have often been considered in comparison with early Christians, the Essenes, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. This study, which includes a new translation of De Vita Contemplativa, focuses particularly on issues of historical method, rhetoric, women, and gender, and comes to new conclusions about the nature of the group and its relationship with the allegorical school of exegesis in Alexandria. Joan E. Taylor argues that the group represents the tip of an iceberg in terms of ascetic practices and allegorical exegesis, and that the women described point to the presence of other Jewish women philosophers in Alexandria in the first century CE. Members of the group were 'extreme allegorizers' in following a distinctive calendar, not maintaining usual Jewish praxis, and concentrating their focus on attaining a trance-like state in which a vision of God's light was experienced. Their special 'feast' was configured in terms of service at a Temple, in which both men and women were priestly attendants of God.
The Courts of the State of New York
Author: Henry Wilson ScottPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1886363846
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description