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Bedouin Bishah Justice
Joseph Ginat
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Description for Bedouin Bishah Justice
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHB; JHM; LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Trials by ordeal, a judicial practice in which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to a painful task, have taken place from ancient Mesopotamia until the present day. This volume focuses on a special type of ordeal by fire called the bishah ceremony, which originated in Bedouin societies and continues to be practiced in Egypt today. In Bedouin and Arab rural societies, when somebody suspects another person of theft, property damage, murder, manslaughter, illicit sexual relations, rape, or witchcraft, and there are no witness to the crime, this individual can request the suspect or ... Read more
Trials by ordeal, a judicial practice in which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to a painful task, have taken place from ancient Mesopotamia until the present day. This volume focuses on a special type of ordeal by fire called the bishah ceremony, which originated in Bedouin societies and continues to be practiced in Egypt today. In Bedouin and Arab rural societies, when somebody suspects another person of theft, property damage, murder, manslaughter, illicit sexual relations, rape, or witchcraft, and there are no witness to the crime, this individual can request the suspect or ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845195656
SKU
V9781845195656
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99-25
About Joseph Ginat
Joseph Ginat, formerly Chairman of the Jewish-Arab Center at the University of Haifa, and a former Director of the Israeli Academic Center in Cairo, is currently working with the Egyptian scholar Maha El-Rashidi on methods of conflict resolution.
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