Rabbinic Law
in its Roman and Near Eastern
Context
Edited by
Catherine Hezser
Mohr Siebeck‘Table of Contents
Prete
Taocton
Ane Frrzparmca MeKinay
Ena, Neem and Some Ealy Grek Laver,
aexas M. Corres
Diplomats" or Exel Aspects of the Leal Doumts
Som te Judean Desee Prolegnens
su Hanes
‘Creating Lesa pce: Seting Disp in he Roman Epic
Naraue 8, Donan,
‘The Bounds of the Law and he Problem oferta
ina Ey Pasian Mie
Lim Moscone
‘eg Fictions Rabie Law and Roman La
Some Comparative Orson
Sle an Slavery in Rabbinic ad Roman Law
Hava Lams
Maintenance of Wives an Cen in Ely Rabins
snd Documentary Text fom Roman Pls
Bema $. Jason
Probl nthe Development ofthe Keabah Payment
‘The Shimon ben Shea Trace
‘Yaanow Evan
Mariage and Maral Popeny in Rabbinic wd Sasanian Law
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ava Teo Cons
Rawon Karcorr
(Cie of ncmariage: Roman aa wish Conceptions
Index of References
1. Hetew tbe
2. Agocrypha and Peseierapbe
3. Philo and owe
4. New Teste
5: abbinie Litera
6 Papy ant nscriions
7. Greco-Roman and Csi Autos
{8 Roman Lagl Sources
9. eran Lita
Index of Modem Authors
Indes of Sas
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Introduction
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lamer owns and cites wld have teen aware of Renn cout posenes
td jusprdnce. For sme ais hs wares hate Bn ied
‘nowldge of Roman law's existence, whereas her may have ky ie
[pesedens cut rains, ov penal pric. cet ee mee
‘hemscives wih Roman legal sence Since the ie movemeet sce
hve Been very verse with read orb acco scum wan fray
‘echground, openness to Greek cult, and hate opens, one hr
sume tat mo uniform rnc knowodge of and poston toward orion
legal ear und practie canbe dent. The compare sly a stn,
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schol compursn of tation levish am wih non Jen eg! ewe
‘Spsily withthe Roman, on which modem Wester Europe a ed,
st Be sen nthe cmt of Jewish Emancipation and sso, They
mpbsied that abc law was based on alr mal neta sad
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si Fahci'sinrdecton tor stay othe ag of mage oe
in Tama sd Roman
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tothe Corus fr Cis promulgated by Fost nthe sven coy
CE* Tis designation, alioegh aot expla in detal by Fura ah
ims, may be seen a prec of ler erie sues of ew and
Roma gal oper and tte tk fo fit scolp®
afin ander euy reser of he smpuate tay of eis
uw cles dsinguiseddanscves fom ten lee chetente
‘hic focused o the intemal ogc o bin summation rte ha
ifs relaonship oot egal systems. Jas Nese, wh vega
son of abbinic mariage la, psn the legal sia and compere
‘apes a8 an alteatve to the srslled dopa apprsh whch he
onsen shit” He stessen tht rabbis lew can Prey
unde wen sen in he coment of hell tains of ec meio
Modterancan ites, The posit of orsign inten on Jee aw a
of shanges within abi faa om one feeraton he Met a
onic wth he finda conservator of tain Talmodscbotehip
hich sarin alata a an autores, and unchngeat
Sysem which tat developed in and wit of isl Neataners ape a
sod in ot wit common upon sb the cial tapi
‘of stem, Roman la, ies for Nee “ene wok at Sc
‘yam. He reckoned wth the pons ta ewish lew had tn ipo
Sonic ia well
‘rab the mest promia eat his compartve sy of abinic
alta is Alexander Guts work oo egal dames Te eve oF
‘Greek Eytan poy fen wid tact date, provide snow tsi on which
David Futon, Dis Ras ren wl fon Abi ach sch
‘Ane lon on ps mt ces Ret Ds
Se Jab Neuer Getic de ich shen Ec cmgved
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SSS ma va
Alexi Cl Das nc Tama i ie psc ey
‘he Pap nd ssc dS Ret ese
‘etree olga contact in sini sources cout be views. The yp
fd Toons or conacts in rte sures are compara with he pup.
opel evidence refecing Greek and Roman lw The problem with Gas
ork However, as well ith the trea sais of allah wich
lain 4 be hsv, the undierentnted wage of Babylon mae
tex a evidence fo Palestina ching th nanan cal
ence th ini ues reflect actal racice Febemore, the iste of
foeigniflaence on Jewish wi elt within poste way,
‘Whereas Gul’ crmphass on he many cults between ws and
aber aniot Madirancan cals ijt hie cai hat Gee lw
eet innced abs halt a gecral and rls on zl conta
rica requis mre cas nto, His ding f tach of
mud cv lw fo prea, Helens tines to male i sonemporary
evidence of te pap canot be conied mabey sep
shle siymore" Goals sapgeston at Grek Iw ote than Roman Tow
‘nnd Jewish yal thinking since Helene ale was more te
'o Jews than Roman cule, which hey asoisd hips and
ssbjoation is coepelng. tt eds be ttn mee eta Palen
abs ved atte when Roman arspradece nd aw schools Rose
in thet vicinity, so that ei expose Raman law iy Wo he Deo
‘ach gree han hei knowledge of Grok law Therfore Glas cr
so, that ll aces of Roman iene on Jewish lw a shoved
teal only. ses reat" Despite thse shotomings, he no of
Ppyrlogicl mater in te histcl compare stay of Jeni ew eo
sited great advance over eae pps wich focused on ep
aes ony
Aotier unl hen undcneted type of comparative mai wa oe
ty Stl Licberman in the 19408 ln is nile," Roman Legal Ista it
aly Raines and inthe Acta Maryam” he inveuigats Teal ree
in the frm of refreaces to tak and out proceedings wanted the
Marye Acts. He shows how they can be wed sls bin ext sh
1 fr example, dri etre to le seed by Roman empenot
Unie refrence tote punishment of s person wh tangs 2 ig
‘ctent. I his conlson Licbema ture cas hen some of Be
allesgcs before im. He diferetiteshetwcen cry and paces = he
rabbis fer wa desepin ofthe eal procedre i the Reman soe
Palestine, no tought woh been accor to he Roman ls) Bt
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ste “tal cnty ew ewan f ess
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beset te eer pr te bonk Rtinosi ase pe a eke
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‘ie. "The posts clan for dct infsence of ane ton on moter
hich sea Ben ec above a ean tthe int Grek or
‘Roman gal thinking on rain ave mest win be kms es a
‘opposite is concerned, aul the ca tat Jewish nw, hte Bl oe
ic, det pact on non Jewish lg tions,
Comparative stces of abbas halthah prof tm the 194s
‘cards ad the works of Reuven Yue, Bote Cohen, and David Daste
Imst te conic groundbeaking inthis repr. Yat, ke thet con
‘ive legal cholate him, saw cer dinton betwen is own
socal rsa ad the tana sytem pyres Wheres “ir
{i research trves on inconsistencies and conto, the syste
‘peta ies to hamoeine between them.” Yarn ecgnized the esaly
‘tysema nat of abi helatha which stems prehes Wook)
ao ke ina soon
ke Aleta Gulsk Yon contest Hellenic ier than Roman
law iad an impact on the Tima la of dapoions in ception of
‘at He ots, owever, hats mt he cal dings fom te
hae afer ioe which seems ome singly ie ocpain =p in
its excess to so and dscede perf compari. lone do
indeed exist. nits proper wo poi to tem when cranes bt fig
‘tem copht nto become the mys of rena
In score wih isso! apach, Yao taced refeences ogi
in comenplaon of dea fom the eo Elehanine pap aan
nie Taw” He naiced that Helene la triogy fa nnd
"ana Taw oo thse” Roman ew one te hn allegedly stdin
Confit with rabbinic peice ep fom str ito ll tet
ent was aver len in Jewish aw Yet tg the erences heen
‘isin comemplaton of deh and testamentary dspostion mete moxe
‘haste in Homa av, its coterplton a eh in ewih had
‘he same finton as Roman testament” Gass gyi decent seem
‘ohave boon wed by the tani merely aa marae the ull up
‘pal isu tir ow, whic amp aspects wee ae ST
fet fom he ei
oars ite in Cnet o Deh nei nt Roa Ln
bid win
oS Yr 18-36 Cater Heser
Yaron provides a cael comparison of Jewish, Greet and Rota tw
mich ose bth silty an eifeeces between he oe se
‘al aprch tempered by taking the atrbutins to prc sages Me,
‘hough In acs where het is nly Babylonian mora viene cae
times assumed that tht specie ring araly existed tannic Ue
ssems very dficalf at inpossible, bower t ae the hse devel