Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
דיני ישראל; שנתון לחקר המשפט העברי
Angaben zur Quelle:
לד (תשפא) 113-137
Keywords:
Philo
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Bible. Commentaries
;
Shehitah (Jewish law)
;
Judaism Relations
;
Roman religion
;
Unborn children (Jewish law)
Abstract:
The Jewish and Christian commentaries on Leviticus 22:28, “and an ox or asheep, it and its offspring, you shall not slaughter in one day,” juxtapose twoissues, slaughter of a pregnant animal and execution of a pregnant womansentenced to death. These two issues and the ways they intersect reflecttwo processes in the development of the Jewish and Christian literature oflate antiquity, the relation between theological and legal discourse, and thetransfer of biblical exegesis from one community to another.Following a survey on the topics standing in the background of our discussion, namely, the status of a fetus and abortions, execution of a pregnantwoman, and the early polemic on the commentary on Leviticus 22:28, thispaper focuses on Philo’s commentary on Leviticus 22:28 in relation to contemporaneous discussions on abortions and executions, its later use by earlyChristian writers, and the vestiges of this exegesis in late aggadic literature.The paper concludes with a discussion on the role of legal discourse inrelation to the theological and exegetical discourse. On the one hand, theChristian discussion on execution of a pregnant woman follows Imperial law,ignoring Christian theological claims regarding the status of a fetus. On theother hand, the flexibility of aggadic literature enables the preservation ofhalakhic traditions that are rejected in main halakhic sources.
Note:
With an English summary.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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