Biblical Judgments
New Legal Readings in the Hebrew Bible
Seiten
2024
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
978-0-472-07658-1 (ISBN)
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
978-0-472-07658-1 (ISBN)
Invites readers to consider today’s timeless dilemmas of law and government, social justice, and human rights, through the perspective of the Hebrew Bible. By focusing on biblical narratives and literature, Daphne Barak-Erez is able to look beyond historic norms to concentrate on what Old Testament stories can reveal about the ‘big’ issues.
Biblical Judgments invites readers to consider today's timeless dilemmas of law and government, social justice, and human rights, through the perspective of a text that has helped shape western society: the Hebrew Bible. By focusing on biblical narratives and literature rather than on traditional interpretations of biblical law, Daphne Barak-Erez is able to look beyond historic norms to concentrate on what Old Testament stories can reveal about the "big" issues. She discusses questions such as: What can modern-day governmental regulation learn from the exercise of food rationing in Egypt as a response to Pharaoh's dream of a future famine? How does social distancing in the time of Covid-19 compare with people sent outside the camp as a precautionary measure against bible-era plagues? What can promoters of social justice glean from the demands made to Moses that daughters should also inherit from their father when biblical law did not recognize inheritance rights of women?
Rather than offering a historical study, Barak-Erez draws upon famous court decisions from around the world to root her analysis in modern law. Organized by subject matter, Biblical Judgments analyzes how the themes of law and government, judging and judges, human rights and social justice, criminal law, private law, and family and inheritance law are presented through a number of different stories. In recounting the compelling narratives of the Hebrew Bible, Biblical Judgments exposes their inherent legal tensions and what we can learn about legal dilemmas today.
Biblical Judgments invites readers to consider today's timeless dilemmas of law and government, social justice, and human rights, through the perspective of a text that has helped shape western society: the Hebrew Bible. By focusing on biblical narratives and literature rather than on traditional interpretations of biblical law, Daphne Barak-Erez is able to look beyond historic norms to concentrate on what Old Testament stories can reveal about the "big" issues. She discusses questions such as: What can modern-day governmental regulation learn from the exercise of food rationing in Egypt as a response to Pharaoh's dream of a future famine? How does social distancing in the time of Covid-19 compare with people sent outside the camp as a precautionary measure against bible-era plagues? What can promoters of social justice glean from the demands made to Moses that daughters should also inherit from their father when biblical law did not recognize inheritance rights of women?
Rather than offering a historical study, Barak-Erez draws upon famous court decisions from around the world to root her analysis in modern law. Organized by subject matter, Biblical Judgments analyzes how the themes of law and government, judging and judges, human rights and social justice, criminal law, private law, and family and inheritance law are presented through a number of different stories. In recounting the compelling narratives of the Hebrew Bible, Biblical Judgments exposes their inherent legal tensions and what we can learn about legal dilemmas today.
Daphne Barak-Erez is a Justice for the Supreme Court of Israel.
Introduction
Part I: Law and Government
Part II: Judges and Judging
Part III: Human Rights and Social Justice
Part IV: Criminal Law
Part V: Private Law
Part VI: Family and Inheritance Law
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 05.03.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | Law, Meaning, And Violence |
Verlagsort | Ann Arbor |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 272 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-472-07658-2 / 0472076582 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-472-07658-1 / 9780472076581 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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