Abstract
This paper analyzes rabbinic rulings on legal relations between converts and their children as a case study for examining the dynamic and nuanced influence of Roman legal and social approaches to new citizens on the development of rabbinic halakhah. This study considers topics such as converts’ bequests and their authority over offspring who were born (or even conceived) prior to their parents’ conversion, including children who joined Israel with one or both parents. According to tannaitic sources, even if both generations converted together, family ties between children and their father were severed upon his conversion; thus, they were no longer deemed his heirs. Striking parallels with Roman law (including Gaius, Institutes 1, 93-94; 3, 19-20) lead us to examine once more the relationship between Roman and rabbinic law.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Legal engagement |
| Subtitle of host publication | The reception of Roman law and tribunals by Jews and other inhabitants of the Empire |
| Place of Publication | France, Europe |
| Publisher | Publications de l’École française de Rome |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-2-7283-1464-5, 978-2-7283-1465-2, 2-7283-1464-0, 2-7283-1465-9 |
| State | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Related Material: http://books.openedition.org/efr/9928Related Material: urn:isbn:9782728314645
Related Material: urn:eisbn:9782728314652
Accession Number: edsbas.2D865148; Publication Type: Book; Language: English; Publication Date: 20210101; Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess; Imprint: Publications de l’École française de Rome
Keywords
- Convert
- conversion
- inheritance
- bequest
- kinship
- Roman law
- rabbinic law
- citizenship
- patria potestas
- Jewish law
- religion
- droit romain
- droit juifs
- Classics
- History
- Law
- HIS002020
- HBLA
- Rome
- provinces romaines