Early Rabbinic Civil Law / Hayim Lapin.

• Author: Brown University.
• VerfasserIn: Lapin, Hayim,
• TeilnehmendeR: Brown University.
• Place / Publishing House: Atlanta : : Scholars Press,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: Second edition.
• Language: English; Hebrew
• Series: Brown judaic studies; 307
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 377 p. ); Tables
• Notes: The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. To use this book, or parts of this book, in any way not covered by the license, please contact Brown Judaic Studies, Brown University, Box 1826, Providence, RI 02912.

This study focuses on tractate Baba Mesi‘a’ of the Mishnah, which deals primarily with contracts of various kinds. Lapin's book focuses both on the literary traits of the tractate and, more importantly, attempts to tease out some of the implications of the tractate's depiction of social and economic relationships for an understanding of the history of later Roman Palestine.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Social Study of the Mishnah -- Mishnah Tractate Baba' Meṣi‘a’: Literary and Redactional Problems -- Institutions and Relationships in Mishnah Tractate Baba' Meṣi‘a’ -- Conclusions: Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee.