THE NUMBER OF JUDGES IN ANCIENT ISRAEL

David Henshke

doi:10.4324/9780203929766-6

THE NUMBER OF JUDGES IN ANCIENT ISRAEL

David Henshke

Naftal-Yaffe Department of Talmud and Oral Law

Naftal Centre for Sudy and Dissemination of the Oral Law

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The earliest description of a Jewish or Israelite judicial system is the biblical account of Moses’ appointment of judges, in line with Jethro’s advice: “Set these over them as chiefs (sarim) of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens” (Exod. 18:21).1 If these instructions were followed verbatim, in a community numbering 600,000 men, “all the judges2 of Israel would number seventy-eight thousand six hundred,” according to the Sages’ preferred mode of making the calculation.3 Apparently.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Jewish Law Annual
Subtitle of host publication	Volume Seventeen
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	27-62
Number of pages	36
Volume	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781134049257
ISBN (Print)	9780203929766
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203929766-6
State	Published - 1 Jan 2008

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