Chaya T Halberstam

Gebundenes Buch

Trial Stories in Jewish Antiquity

Counternarratives of Justice

Beschreibung

Trial Stories in Jewish Antiquity is the first book to examine what early Jewish courtroom narratives can tell us about the capacity and limits of human justice. Drawing from affect theory and feminist legal thought, Chaya T. Halberstam offers original readings of some of the most famous trials in the ancient Jewish tradition.

Autor

Chaya T. Halberstam is Professor of Religious Studies at King's University College, University of Western Ontario. She works on law and literature in Israelite and Jewish antiquity, specializing in early rabbinic texts. Her research explores the limits of the law and the gestures within legal contexts toward social, emotional, and relational reasoning. Halberstam received her PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. She has previously held fellowships at the University of Michigan, Harvard University, and Indiana University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780198865148
• ISBN-10: 0198865147
• Artikelnr.: 69826829