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Author: Mauro Bussani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-08-16
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 0521895707
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book delves into the 'deeper structures' of the world's legal systems, where law meets culture, politics and socio-economic factors.
Author: François-Xavier Licari
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-03-28
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 1108421970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book to present a systematic and synthetic introduction to Jewish law.
Author: Christine Hayes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-02-17
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 1107036151
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law provides a conceptual and historical account of the Jewish understanding of law.
Author: Aharon Shemesh
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2009-11-18
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 0520945034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHalakhah in the Making offers the first comprehensive study of the legal material found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and its significance in the greater history of Jewish religious law (halakhah). Aharon Shemesh's pioneering study revives an issue long dormant in religious scholarship: namely, the relationship between rabbinic law, as written more than one hundred years after the destruction of the Second Temple, and Jewish practice during the Second Temple. The monumental discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran led to the revelation of this missing material and the closing of a two-hundred-year gap in knowledge, allowing work to begin comparing specific laws of the Qumran sect with rabbinic laws. With the publication of scroll 4QMMT-a polemical letter by Dead Sea sectarians concerning points of Jewish law-an effective comparison was finally possible. This is the first book-length treatment of the material to appear since the publication of 4QMMT and the first attempt to apply its discoveries to the work of nineteenth-century scholars. It is also the first work on this important topic written in plain language and accessible to nonspecialists in the history of Jewish law.
Author: Mendell Lewittes
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
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Author: Chaim N. Saiman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2020-09-29
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0691210853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow the rabbis of the Talmud transformed Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everything Typically translated as "Jewish law," halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law. This is because the rabbinic legal system has rarely wielded the political power to enforce its rules, nor has it ever been the law of any state. Even more idiosyncratically, the talmudic rabbis claim the study of halakhah is a holy endeavor that brings a person closer to God—a claim no country makes of its law. Chaim Saiman traces how generations of rabbis have used concepts forged in talmudic disputation to do the work that other societies assign not only to philosophy, political theory, theology, and ethics but also to art, drama, and literature. Guiding readers across two millennia of richly illuminating perspectives, this panoramic book shows how halakhah is not just "law" but an entire way of thinking, being, and knowing.
Author: Isaac Klein
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 650
ISBN-13: 9780873340045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn the Sabbath, calling women to the Torah, and counting them in the minyan.
Author: Neil S. Hecht
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJewish law has a history stretching from the early period to the modern State of Israel, encompassing the Talmud, Geonic and later codifications, the Spanish Golden Age, medieval and modern response, the Holocaust and modern reforms. Fifteen distinct periods are separately studied in this volume, each one by a leading specialist, and the emphasis throughout is on the development of the institutions and sources of the law, providing teachers with the essential background material from which a variety of sources, from many different perspectives, may be taught. Most chapters are written to a common plan, with treatment of the political background of the period and the nature of Jewish judicial autonomy, the character (literary and legal) of the sources, the legal practice of the period, its principal authorities, and examples of characteristic features of the substantive law (especially in family law).
Author: Aaron Parry
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004-07-06
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1440696179
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn insightful look at one of the most unusual written works ever created. Compiled centuries ago by a group of wise men as a way to preserve the oral traditions of the Jewish faith, the Talmud has challenged and thrilled some of the world’s greatest minds with its complex approach to exploring ideas and subjects from virtually every possible angle. This essential guide makes the ancient text of the “oral Torah” accessible for all readers, whether they’re Jewish or not. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get. • An examination of Talmudic logic and debate. • Discussion of how science and medicine relate to Talmudic philosophies. • Description of proper behavior and conduct as expected within Talmudic lifestyle. • The significance of seeds and blessings found in the Talmud.
Author: Susan M. Weiss
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1611683653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive look at how rabbinical courts control Israeli marriage and divorce
