The Cambridge Genizah Collections
The Cambridge Genizah Collections

Author: Shulamit Reif

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-05-23

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780521813617

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A collection of essays by international experts summarizing recent developments in Genizah research.

A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo
A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo

Author: Stefan Reif

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1136117784

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Explains how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two centres. Also shows the importance of the Genizah material for Jewish cultural history.

Deconstructing the Bible
Deconstructing the Bible

Author: Irene Lancaster

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1135790183

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Includes a new translation of Ibn Ezra's introduction to the Torah Multi-disciplinary: Ibn Ezra is an important figure in Jewish studies, medieval studies, philosophy, linguistics and theology

Kinship and Consent
Kinship and Consent

Author: Daniel Judah Elazar

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780819128010

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Co-published with the Center for Jewish Community Studies, this volume is based on the finest fruits of a summer Colloquium of The Institute for Judaism and Contemporary Thought held at the Kibbutz Lavi in Israel. Explores Jewish political life and thought from the Biblical period to the present in order to ascertain the content and character of the Jewish political tradition and its relevance for our time.

Kinship and Consent
Kinship and Consent

Author: Daniel L. Elazar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-03-09

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 1000677788

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A major dimension of modern Jewish life has been the revival of conscious political activity on the part of the Jewish people, whether through reestablishment of the State of Israel, new forms of diaspora community organization, or the common Jewish fight against anti-Semitism. Precisely because contemporary Jewry has moved increasingly toward self

Land Law in Middle Eastern Countries
Land Law in Middle Eastern Countries

Author: Oleg Igorevich Krassov

Publisher: XSPO

Published:

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 5001562570

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The monograph focuses on the basic features of the legal systems of the Middle Eastern countries, land law in force in these countries, Islamic land and water law, Bedouin tribal land ownership, customary water rights. The monograph contains a description of the regime of property and land in Jewish law. The author analyzes the current state of land law in the Middle Eastern countries, including title to land, title to other natural resources, types of rights to land, correlation of formal law and conventional land tenure systems. For students, graduate students and teachers of law schools, employees of legislative, executive and judicial authorities, as well as for all those interested in issues of land, civil law and comparative jurisprudence.