Torture, Judaism and the Law

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" Torture, Judaism and the Law "
Reza Barmaki

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069223
Doc. No	:	LA112852
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341427‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Reza Barmaki
Title & Author	:	Torture, Judaism and the Law [Article]\ Reza Barmaki
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	10/1
Page No	:	28–53
Abstract	:	The increasing publicity of the United States’ use of torture, domestically and abroad, has sparked a lively debate regarding the American values and laws and permissibility of torture. The Jewish scholarly community has been a vocal part of this debate. This paper begins by providing a concise account of the existing laws regarding torture internationally and in the us. It then highlights the Jewish rabbinic community’s involvement in the debate. It then proceeds to provide an account of torture in Judaism that outlines the existing legalistic and theological understandings of it. It will end by proffering a theological account of torture that is hoped to be novel. The increasing publicity of the United States’ use of torture, domestically and abroad, has sparked a lively debate regarding the American values and laws and permissibility of torture. The Jewish scholarly community has been a vocal part of this debate. This paper begins by providing a concise account of the existing laws regarding torture internationally and in the us. It then highlights the Jewish rabbinic community’s involvement in the debate. It then proceeds to provide an account of torture in Judaism that outlines the existing legalistic and theological understandings of it. It will end by proffering a theological account of torture that is hoped to be novel.
Descriptor	:	Evil
Descriptor	:	Judaism
Descriptor	:	Justice
Descriptor	:	Suffering
Descriptor	:	Theology
Descriptor	:	Torture
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341427‬