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- Law and Truth in Biblical and Rabbinic Literature
Law and Truth in Biblical and Rabbinic Literature
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How can humans ever attain the knowledge required to administer andimplement divine law and render perfect justice in this world? Contrary to thebelief that religious law is infallible, Chaya T. Halberstam shows that earlyrabbinic jurisprudence is characterized by fundamental uncertainty. She argues thatwhile the Hebrew Bible created a sense of confidence and transparency before thelaw, the rabbis complicated the paths to knowledge and undermined the stability ofpersonal status and ownership, and notions of guilt or innocence. Examining thefacts of legal judgments through midrashic discussions of the law and evidence, Halberstam discovers that rabbinic understandings of the law were riddled with doubtand challenged the possibility of true justice. This book thoroughly engages law, narrative, and theology to explicate rabbinic legal authority and itslimits.
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