Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

From Mesopotamia to the Mishnah: Tannaitic Inheritance Law in its Legal and Social Contexts [Text and Studies in Ancient Judaism, Volume 164]

Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/2"). XXI, [1], 201, [1]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over gilt-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover.

"In this study, Jonathan S. Milgram demonstrates that the transformation of inheritance law from the biblical to the tannaitic period is best explained against the backdrop of the legal and social contexts in which the tannaitic laws were formulated.

Employing text and source critical methods, he argues that, in the absence of the hermeneutic underpinnings for tannaitic innovations, the laws were not the result of the rabbinic imagination and its penchant for inventive interpretation of Scripture.

Turning to the rich repositories in biblical, ancient near eastern, Second Temple, Greek, Elephantine, Judean desert, and Roman sources, the author searches for conceptual parallels and antecedents as well as formulae and terminology adopted and adapted by the tannaim.

Since the tannaitic traditions reflect the social and economic contexts of the tannaitic period - the nuclear family on privatized landholdings in urban centers - the author also considers the degree to which tannaitic inheritance laws may have emerged out of these contexts." (From the Publishers).

Dust-jacket, binding and interior in like new condition. Like new. Item #41976
ISBN: 9783161540219

Price: $125.00

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