Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law

by Devora Steinmetz

Book Overview

In Punishment and Freedom, Devora Steinmetz offers a fresh look at classical rabbinic texts about criminal law from the perspective of legal and moral philosophy. Steinmetz holds that the criminal and judicial procedures they describe were never designed to be applied in a real state. Rather, these texts deal with broader philosophical, theological, and ethical conceptions of the law.

Through close readings of passages describing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812240685
• ISBN13: 9780812240689
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"