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Law and Self-Knowledge in the Talmud (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,631
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Law and Self-Knowledge in the Talmud (Hardcover): Ayelet Hoffmann Libson

Law and Self-Knowledge in the Talmud (Hardcover)

Ayelet Hoffmann Libson

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This book examines the emergence of self-knowledge as a determining legal consideration among the rabbis of Late Antiquity, from the third to the seventh centuries CE. Based on close readings of rabbinic texts from Palestine and Babylonia, Ayelet Hoffmann Libson highlights a unique and surprising development in Talmudic jurisprudence, whereby legal decision-making incorporated personal and subjective information. She examines the central legal role accorded to individuals' knowledge of their bodies and mental states in areas of law as diverse as purity laws, family law and the laws of Sabbath. By focusing on subjectivity and self-reflection, the Babylonian rabbis transformed earlier legal practices in a way that cohered with the cultural concerns of other religious groups in Late Antiquity. They developed sophisticated ideas about the inner self and incorporated these notions into their distinctive discourse of law.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2018
Authors: Ayelet Hoffmann Libson
Dimensions: 235 x 157 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-42749-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General
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LSN: 1-108-42749-9
Barcode: 9781108427494

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