Essays in Jewish and comparative legal history
By: by Bernard S. Jackson.
Series: Studies in Judaism in late antiquity ;; v. 10
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Jewish law -- History -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Law, Ancient -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Comparative law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Sources and problems.; title: Reflections on Biblical criminal law.; title: Principles and cases: the theft laws of Ḥammurabi.; title: The problem of Exodus 21:22-5 (ius talionis); title: The goring ox.; title: Two or three witnesses.; title: Testes singulares in early Jewish law and the New Testament.; title: Liability for mere intention in early Jewish law.; title: Foreign influence in the early Jewish law of theft.; title: The fence-breaker and the actio de pastu pecoris in early Jewish law.