The family narratives in the book of Genesis are important in understanding the meaning of the book and are fundamental to the unfolding story of the birth of the Israelite nation. Devora Steinmetz sees kinship in ancient narratives as a symbolic structure representing the ability of the emerging culture to survive despite conflict that threatened society's existence. The family narratives in Genesis reflect a culture's capacity to survive as a united people.
The Literary Currents in Biblical Interpretation series explores current trends within the discipline of biblical...
The family narratives in the book of Genesis are important in understanding the meaning of the book and are fundamental to the unfolding story of t...
Punishment and Freedom The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law Devora Steinmetz "This is an exciting and often brilliant work, perhaps the best available analysis of how judicial punishment is understood in rabbinic literature. Punishment and Freedom contributes mightily to the most vexed and widely debated issue in all of Jewish legal theory, whether Jewish law is to be conceived as positivist or instead as reflecting a notion of natural law."--David Shatz, Yeshiva University In Punishment and Freedom, Devora Steinmetz offers a fresh look at classical rabbinic texts about...
Punishment and Freedom The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law Devora Steinmetz "This is an exciting and often brilliant work, perhaps the best avai...
