Continuity and Innovation in the Aramaic Legal Tradition.

By: Gross, Andrew DMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism SerPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (242 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047442226Subject(s): Jewish law -- Sources | Law -- Egypt -- Elephantine -- History -- Sources | Law -- Middle East -- History -- Sources | Law, Ancient -- Sources | Manuscripts, Aramaic (Papyri) -- Egypt -- ElephantineGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Continuity and Innovation in the Aramaic Legal TraditionDDC classification: 349.56 LOC classification: KL190 -- .G76 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION -- The Object of the Present Study -- Previous Scholarship on Aramaic Formularies -- The Aramaic Corpora -- The Structure of the Aramaic Deed of Conveyance -- The Method of the Present Study -- Cuneiform Corpora -- Summary -- A Note on the Presentation of the Texts -- CHAPTER TWO: THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT CLAUSE -- Cuneiform Background -- Neo-Assyrian Aramaic Deeds of Sale -- Elephantine -- Wadi ed-Daliyeh -- Jewish Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Nabatean Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Syriac -- Summary -- CHAPTER THREE: THE INVESTITURE CLAUSE -- Cuneiform Background -- Elephantine -- Wadi ed-Daliyeh -- Jewish Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Nabatean Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Nabatean Tomb Inscriptions -- Syriac Slave Sale from Dura-Europos -- Summary -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE WARRANTY CLAUSE -- Background -- Elephantine -- Wadi ed-Daliyeh -- Jewish Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Nabatean Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Syriac -- Summary -- CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF KEY TERMS AND PHRASES.
Summary: This book argues that Aramaic scribes from antiquity drew upon a common legal tradition. It identifies the distinctive elements that form the core of this tradition and traces their antecedents within the cuneiform record.
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Intro -- CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION -- The Object of the Present Study -- Previous Scholarship on Aramaic Formularies -- The Aramaic Corpora -- The Structure of the Aramaic Deed of Conveyance -- The Method of the Present Study -- Cuneiform Corpora -- Summary -- A Note on the Presentation of the Texts -- CHAPTER TWO: THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT CLAUSE -- Cuneiform Background -- Neo-Assyrian Aramaic Deeds of Sale -- Elephantine -- Wadi ed-Daliyeh -- Jewish Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Nabatean Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Syriac -- Summary -- CHAPTER THREE: THE INVESTITURE CLAUSE -- Cuneiform Background -- Elephantine -- Wadi ed-Daliyeh -- Jewish Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Nabatean Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Nabatean Tomb Inscriptions -- Syriac Slave Sale from Dura-Europos -- Summary -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE WARRANTY CLAUSE -- Background -- Elephantine -- Wadi ed-Daliyeh -- Jewish Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Nabatean Aramaic Materials from the Judean Desert -- Syriac -- Summary -- CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF KEY TERMS AND PHRASES.

This book argues that Aramaic scribes from antiquity drew upon a common legal tradition. It identifies the distinctive elements that form the core of this tradition and traces their antecedents within the cuneiform record.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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