Constructing Justice: The Selective Use of Scripture in Formulating Early Jewish Accounts of the Courts*
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DOI: 10.1017/s001781601800024x
Abstract: Abstract Elaborate depictions of the court system in Second Temple and rabbinic literature signify its centrality for the Jewish legal tradition. Rather than offering positivistic descriptions, these representations are better thought of as templates of… read more here.
Keywords: justice; early jewish; constructing justice; scripture ... See more keywords
Gilayon and “Apocalypse”: Reconsidering an Early Jewish Concept and Genre
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DOI: 10.1017/s0017816023000111
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines various ways in which apocalyptic studies can benefit from the introduction of the term and concept of gilayon, a reconstructed Hebrew counterpart of the Judeo-Greek apocalypse. The term gilayon, which combines… read more here.
Keywords: gilayon; genre; gilayon apocalypse; concept ... See more keywords