Rabbinic Law in its Roman and Near Eastern Context (Texts & Studies in Ancient Judaism)

"Ancient Palestinian & Babylonian legal thinking developed in a context of constant exposure to and challenge by the dominant Graeco-Roman and Babylonian cultures. The contributions to this volume, which is the outcome of an interdisciplinary conference held at Trinity College Dublin in March 2002, address a variety of issues in this regard. Both internal and external aspects of Jewish and non-Jewish legal texts are investigated, documentary texts are discussed alongside literary texts, and the Graeco-Roman context of Palestinian legal traditions is supplemented by the Sasanian context of Babylonian halakhah. In addition, the general legal situation in the Roman Empire at large and Roman Palestine in particular is elucidated."Catherine Hezser is the author of 'Rabbinic Law in its Roman and Near Eastern Context (Texts & Studies in Ancient Judaism)', published 2003 under ISBN 9783161480713 and ISBN 3161480716.