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Unfolding Tradition Jewish Law after Sinai

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ISBN-10: 0916219291

ISBN-13: 9780916219291

Edition: 2005 (Annotated)

Authors: Elliot N. Dorff

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This volume analyzes the biblical and rabbinic roots of Jewish law, as interpreted by leading rabbis of the Conservative movement and beyond. This long-awaited work is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the roots, development and interpretation of Jewish law in general, and for those who wish to know how Conservative Judaism evolved and what it represents.
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Rabbinical Assembly
Publication date: 12/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English

Elliot N. Dorff, co-editor of all volumes in the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices series, is rector and Sol and Anne Dorff Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the American Jewish University. He has written 12 books, including three award-winning titles on Jewish ethics. Since 1984, Dorff has served on the Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, currently as its chair.

Preface
Bringing the Topic Down to Earth
What Is Conservative Judaism?
What Is Philosophy?
What Is a Theory of Law?
Comparing American and Jewish Legal Theories
Why Care about Legal Theories?
The Biblical and Rabbinic Roots of Jewish Legal Theories
Early Statements of Conservative Legal Theory
Zacharias Frankel
Selection
Solomon Schechter
Selection
Mordecai M. Kaplan
Selection
Mid-Twentieth-Century Theorists
Robert Gordis
Selection
Kaplan's Reply to Gordis's Theory
Jacob Agus
Takkanot in Jewish Legal History
Reason and Revelation
Law Neither as Folkways nor as a Means for Jewish Continuity nor as National Spirit
Law as Standards
Tradition and Change
Legislation as a Method of Conservative Jewish Law
Putting the Method of Legislation into Practice
Agus's Own Responsa
Agus's 1975 Retrospect and Prospect
Agus's Legacy within the Conservative Movement
Selection
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Selection
Conservative Theories of Jewish Law since 1970-Part I
Edward Feld
Selection
Joel Roth
Selection
Neil Gillman
Selection
Louis Jacobs
Selection 1
Selection 2
David M. Gordis
Selection
Conservative Theories of Jewish Law since 1970-Part II
Elliot N. Dorff
Selection
Alana Suskin
Selection
Raymond P. Scheindlin
Selection
Gordon Tucker
Selection
Some Comparative Theories to the Right and Left
An Orthodox Theory at the Center of Orthodoxy: Yeshayahu Leibowitz
An Orthodox Theory at the Border of Conservative Judaism: David Hartman
The Boundary on the Left: The Mainstream of the Reform Movement
To the Left of the Reform Rabbinate: Secular Jews, Arthur Waskow, and Arthur Green
A Position on the Left Border of Conservative Judaism: Eugene Borowitz
Open Letters between Elliot Dorff and Eugene Borowitz
Sample Illustrations of Conservative Legal Theories at Work
A Responsum on the Sabbath
The Ordination of Women
The Study Commission
The Seminary Faculty
Four Responsa on Women as Witnesses
A Response to Miscarriage
Two Responsa on the End of Life
Educational Materials on Jewish Law: Rabbinic Letters on Intimate Relations and on Poverty
Epilogue: The Unity within the Diverse Conservative Theories of Jewish Law
Bibliography for Further Study
Notes to Chapter One
Notes to Chapter Two
Notes to Chapter Three
Notes to Chapter Four
Notes to Chapter Five
Notes to Chapter Six
Notes to Chapter Seven
Notes to Chapter Eight
Index
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