The divine courtroom in comparative perspective / / edited by Ari Mermelstein and Shalom E. Holtz.

• Superior document: Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume 132
• TeilnehmendeR: Mermelstein, Ari,; Holtz, Shalom E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 132.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; 1 Introduction: The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective /; 2 Divine Judges on Earth and in Heaven /; 3 The Divine Courtroom Scenes of Daniel 7 and the Qumran Book of Giants: A Textual and Contextual Comparison /; 4 Justice without Judgment: Pure Procedural Justice and the Divine Courtroom in Sifre Deuteronomy /; 5 Rabbi Nissim of Girona on the Heavenly Court, Truth, and Justice /; 6 The Divine Courtroom Motif in the Hebrew Bible: A Holistic Approach /; 7 Getting Perspective: The Divine Courtroom in Tertullian of Carthage’s Apologeticum /; 8 Disqualified Olympians: The Skeptical Greek View of Divine Judges /; 9 A Life of Jesus as Testimony: The Divine Courtroom and the Gospel of John /; 10 Trying the Crime of Abuse of Royal Authority in the Divine Courtroom and the Incident of Naboth’s Vineyard /; 11 The Invention of the Divine Courtroom in the Book of Job /; 12 The Qāḍī Before the Judge: The Social Use of Eschatology in Muslim Courts /; 13 Lawsuits against God in Rabbinic Literature /; Index of Primary Sources.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004281649
• ISSN: 0928-0731
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Ari Mermelstein and Shalom E. Holtz.

Contributors to The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective treat one of the most pervasive religious metaphors, that of the divine courtroom, in both its historical and thematic senses. In order to shed light on the various manifestations of the divine courtroom, this volume consists of essays by scholars of the ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, early Christianity, Talmud, Islam, medieval Judaism, and classical Greek literature. Contributions to the volume primarily center upon three related facets of the divine courtroom: the role of the divine courtroom in the earthly legal system; the divine courtroom as the site of historical justice; and the divine courtroom as the venue in which God is called to answer for his own unjust acts.