Name: Resolving Disputes in Second Century Bce Herakleopolis: A Study in Jewish Legal Reasoning in Hellenistic Egypt
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Author: A. Kugler, Robert
ISBN: 9789004505636

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Resolving Disputes in Second Century Bce Herakleopolis: A Study in Jewish Legal Reasoning in Hellenistic Egypt

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Physical Book

Publisher

Brill

Author

A. Kugler, Robert

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9789004505636

Synopsis "Resolving Disputes in Second Century Bce Herakleopolis: A Study in Jewish Legal Reasoning in Hellenistic Egypt"

Resolving Disputes challenges the consensus that the petitions to the leaders of "the πολίτευμα of the Jews in Herakleopolis" (P.Polit.Iud. 8.4-5) prove that while the Ptolemies granted Jews limited self-governance according to their ancestral traditions, the petitioners nonetheless relied almost exclusively on Ptolemaic Greek law to make their agreements and settle their arguments. Reading the appeals in their proper juridical context, this study shows how these Jewish petitioners in fact made sophisticated use of their ancestral norms, drawing from them principles that complemented and contradicted prevailing Greek law. The Jews appealing to the leaders of the πολίτευμα in Herakleopolis embraced Torah.

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