Through the analysis of legal documents surviving on papyrus, such as petitions, reports of court proceedings, and letters, this book examines the contribution

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Trial Stories in Jewish Antiquity is the first book to examine what early Jewish courtroom narratives can tell us about the capacity and limits of human justice

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