ISBN:
9789004508286
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (286 pages)
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kugler, Robert A. Resolving disputes in second century BCE Herakleopolis
DDC:
303.690932
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Egypt
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Egypt ; Heracleopolis Magna (Extinct city)
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Electronic books
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Ägypten
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Geschichte 200-100 v. Chr.
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Jüdisches Recht
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Hellenismus
Abstract:
An analysis of the legal reasoning of the Jews who petitioned the leaders of a Jewish πολίτευμα in Hellenistic Egypt, this study reveals that the petitioners relied in heretofore unrecognized ways on Jewish norms--the Torah--to make their appeals.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1.1 The Aim of the Study -- 1.2 The πολίτευμα Papyri as an Archive -- 1.3 The Contents of the Archive -- 1.4 The Date and Provenance of the Archive -- 1.5 The People of the Archive -- 1.6 The Jewish πολίτευμα in Herakleopolis as the Context for the Petitions -- 1.7 "Hellenized" Legal Reasoning in the Petitions? -- Chapter 2 Reading Petitions, Recovering Legal Reasoning -- 2.1 The Dynamics of Making a Petition -- 2.2 P.Tebt. 3.1.800 (CPJ 1.133): Sabbataios Seeks the Detention of Joanna -- 2.3 P.Enteux. 23 (CPJ 1.128): Helladote Complains That She Is Deprived of Her Property -- 2.4 A Framework for Analyzing the πολίτευμα Petitions -- Chapter 3 Delicts against the Person -- 3.1 P.Polit.Iud. 1: Andronikos Seeks to Restore His Honor -- 3.2 P.Polit.Iud. 2: Petaus Seeks Release from Prison -- 3.3 P.Polit.Iud. 6: Theodotos Seeks Justice for the Death of a παιδίον -- 3.4 Summary -- Chapter 4 On Marriage and Family -- 4.1 P.Polit.Iud. 3: Protomachos Complains about a Failed Promise of Land Related to a Dowry -- 4.2 P.Polit.Iud. 4: Philotas Complains about a Betrothal Violated -- 4.3 P.Polit.Iud. 5: Polyktor Alienates a Dowry-Related Gift of a House from Its Seller -- 4.4 P.Polit.Iud. 7: Dorotheos Seeks the Return of His Niece to His Care -- 4.5 Summary -- Chapter 5 On Loans, Leases, Sales, and Labor Agreements -- 5.1 P.Polit.Iud. 8: Theodotos Seeks Repayment of a Loan -- 5.2 P.Polit.Iud. 9: Berenike Seeks Satisfaction for the Sale of a Slave and Wet Nurse Contract -- 5.3 P.Polit.Iud. 10: Ptolemaia Appeals to Obtain a Work Product from Tetous -- 5.4 P.Polit.Iud. 11: Ptolemaios Seeks to Recover the Cost of a Shipment of Wine from Arsame -- 5.5 P.Polit.Iud. 12: Nikanor Seeks Payment for a Land Lease -- 5.6 Pap.Graec.Mon. 287 + 293: Straton Petitions to Complete His Tenancy of Farmland.
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