Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
AJS Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
47,2 (2023) 342-367
Keywords:
Jewish law Biblical teaching
;
Jewish law Methodology
;
Eretz Israel In rabbinical literature
Abstract:
A legal system may limit its jurisdiction, so that its laws apply exclusively within its territorial borders. In an alternate conception, a legal system may opt to apply its laws extraterritorially, so that its subjects are bound to them in any place they find themselves. The theoretical foundations of these two conceptions of law are profoundly distinct. Using this jurisprudential framework, this article explores anew the transition from the biblical (pentateuchal) conception of law to the conception of law found in the writings of the early rabbis. It then examines whether this legal difference corresponds with a parallel theological transition. Revealing the possible relationships between these two transitions makes clear that theology and law are intertwined.
DOI:
10.1353/ajs.2023.a911526
URL:
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