Resolving Disputes in Second Century BCE Herakleopolis: A Study in Jewish Legal Reasoning in Hellenistic Egypt (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

by Robert A. Kugler

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Resolving Disputes challenges the consensus that the petitions to the leaders of "the of the Jews in Herakleopolis" (P.Polit.Iud. 8.4-5) prove that while the Ptolemies granted Jews limited self-governance according to their ancestral traditions, the petitioners nonetheless relied almost exclusively on Ptolemaic Greek law to make their agreements and settle their arguments. Reading the appeals in their proper juridical context, this study shows how these Jewish petitioners in fact made sophisticated use of their ancestral norms, drawing from them principles that complemented and contradicted prevailing Greek law. The Jews appealing to the leaders of the in Herakleopolis embraced Torah.
  • ISBN10 9004505636
  • ISBN13 9789004505636
  • Publish Date 13 April 2022 (first published 28 February 2022)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country NL
  • Imprint Brill