Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law

Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law
ISBN-10
0812240685
ISBN-13
9780812240689
Category
Religion
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2008-06-10
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Author
Devora Steinmetz

Description

Punishment and Freedom offers a fresh look at classical rabbinic texts about criminal law from the perspective of legal and moral philosophy, arguing that the Rabbis constructed an extreme positivist view of law that is based in divine command and that is related to the rabinnic notion notion of human freedom and responsibility.

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