Kimberley Czajkowski
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198777335
- eISBN:
- 9780191823053
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198777335.003.0002
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, World History: BCE to 500CE
This chapter presents the legal documents and transactions that we find in the archives at greater length, and introduces the reader to the people we encounter in these documents. This takes the form ...
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This chapter presents the legal documents and transactions that we find in the archives at greater length, and introduces the reader to the people we encounter in these documents. This takes the form of separate overviews of the Babatha and Salome Komaise archives. The chapter then tackles a series of case studies that have proved particularly contentious in previous scholarship: namely, the three marriage contracts (of Babatha, Shelamzion, and Salome Komaise) and the two litigation cases which Babatha attempted to bring before the Roman governor’s court. These case studies are placed in the context of past scholarship and the traditional approach, while being re-examined from the multi-legalism perspective.Less
This chapter presents the legal documents and transactions that we find in the archives at greater length, and introduces the reader to the people we encounter in these documents. This takes the form of separate overviews of the Babatha and Salome Komaise archives. The chapter then tackles a series of case studies that have proved particularly contentious in previous scholarship: namely, the three marriage contracts (of Babatha, Shelamzion, and Salome Komaise) and the two litigation cases which Babatha attempted to bring before the Roman governor’s court. These case studies are placed in the context of past scholarship and the traditional approach, while being re-examined from the multi-legalism perspective.
