The Words of Moses
Pearce, Sarah J. K.![The Words of Moses](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/179/17964536/CHSBZCOP0317964536.jpg)
Recent studies highlight the character of Deuteronomy's laws of public officials (Deut. 16.18-18.22) as the first draft for a constitutional government of the future. Sarah Pearce explores what these laws meant for Jewish interpreters and their communities in the Second Temple period. Her focus is on the reception and transformation of Deuteronomy's laws on the organisation of justice (Deut. 16.18-17.13): the appointment of local judiciaries, ...