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Behind Ancient Bars

Name: Behind Ancient Bars
Brand: University of California Press
SKU: 49937446
Price: 35.45 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Hadar Aviram
ISBN: 9780520429994

Hadar Aviram

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English

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Libristo code: 49937446

Publishers University of California Press, June 2026

In Behind Ancient Bars, law professor and rabbinical student Hadar Aviram challenges the conventiona... Full description

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In Behind Ancient Bars, law professor and rabbinical student Hadar Aviram challenges the conventional assumption that incarceration is an artifact of modernity by looking back to depictions of detention and confinement in the Hebrew Bible. Aviram takes readers on a journey through the Hebrew Bible's carceral landscape through creative rereadings of five stories: Joseph in Egypt, Esther in Persia, Daniel in Babylonia, Samson in Gaza, and Jeremiah in Jerusalem. Drawing on her experience as a leading voice against mass incarceration, she finds connections between antiquity and the contemporary understanding of incarceration that encompasses not just the prison itself but also pretrial/immigration detention, bail, electronic monitoring, parole, and postrelease supervision. Infusing ancient biblical stories with fresh life through modern punishment theories, Aviram shows how incarceration has much to teach us about government, the experience of people in confinement, and the strength and resilience of the human spirit across millennia.