Law in Jewish Society in the Second Temple Period

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2 - Law in Jewish Society in the Second Temple Period

from Part I - Law as Constitutive of Biblical and Premodern Jewish Religious Expression

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2017

Seth Schwartz

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Christine Hayes: Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law , pp. 48 - 75

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