Research Catalog

Title

The divine courtroom in comparative perspective / edited by Ari Mermelstein and Shalom E. Holtz.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Mermelstein, Ari
• Holtz, Shalom E.

Description

vi, 308 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

Contributors to 'The divine courtroom in comparative perspective' treat one of the most pervasive religious metaphors, that of the divine courtroom, in both its historical and thematic senses. In order to shed light on the various manifestations of the divine courtroom, this volume consists of essays by scholars of the ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, early Christianity, Talmud, Islam, medieval Judaism, and classical Greek literature. Contributions to the volume primarily center upon three related facets of the divine courtroom: the role of the divine courtroom in the earthly legal system; the divine courtroom as the site of historical justice; and the divine courtroom as the venue in which God is called to answer for his own unjust acts.

Series Statement

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; volume132

Uniform Title

Biblical interpretation series ; v.132.

Subjects

• Religion and justice > Congresses
• Comparative religious law > Congresses
• Justice > Religious aspects > Congresses

Note

• Includes papers presented at a conference held "on February 5-6, 2012, the Leonard and Bea Diener Institute of Jewish Law and the Yeshiva University Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization, "The Divine Courtroom," at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Divine judges on Earth and in heaven / Tzvi Abusch -- The divine courtroom scenes of Daniel 7 and the Qumran Book of Giants : a textual and contextual comparison / Joseph L. Angel -- Justice without judgment : pure procedural justice and the divine courtroom in Sifre Deuteronomy / Chaya Halberstam -- Rabbi Nissim of Girona on the heavenly court, truth, and justice / Warren Zev Harvey -- The divine courtroom motif in the Hebrew bible : a holistic approach / Job Y. Jindo -- Getting perspective : the divine courtroom in Tertullian of Carthage's apologeticum / Meira Z. Kensky -- Disqualified olympians : the skeptical Greek view of divine judges / Victor Bers and Adriaan Lanni -- A life of Jesus as testimony : the divine courtroom and the Gospel of John / Andrew T. Lincoln -- Trying the crime of abuse of royal authority in the divine courtroom and the incident of Naboth's vineyard / F. Rachel Magdalene -- The invention of the divine courtroom in the book of Job / Carol A. Newsom -- The qadi before the judge : the social use of eschatology in Muslim courts / Mathieu Tillier -- Lawsuits against God in rabbinic literature / Dov Weiss.

Call Number

*PNK 15-20

ISBN

• 9789004281639
• 9004281630
• 9789004281646 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014026700

OCLC

884242826

Title

The divine courtroom in comparative perspective / edited by Ari Mermelstein and Shalom E. Holtz.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; volume132

Biblical interpretation series ; v.132.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Mermelstein, Ari, editor.

Holtz, Shalom E., editor.

Other Form:

9789004281646

(GyWOH)har145019295

Research Call Number

*PNK 15-20