The Spectacle of the Sotah: A Rabbinic Perspective on Justice and Punishment
The first chapter of Mishnah tractate Sotah (m. Sot) records rabbinic elaboration and interpretation on the sotah ritual contained in the Hebrew Bible, Numbers 5:11-31. Specifically, the nine mishnayoth that compose m. Sot 1 discuss the circumstances for invoking the trial of the “bitter waters” and...
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ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University
2007
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| Online Access: | http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/rs_theses/9 http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=rs_theses |