Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law

Name: Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law
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ISBN: 9780198262626

ISBN-10: 0198262620

ISBN-13: 9780198262626

Edition: 1996

Authors: N. S. Hecht, B. S. Jackson, S. M. Passamaneck, D. Piattelli, A. M. Rabello

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Jewish 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…

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List price: $100.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/6/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 484
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Introduction



Biblical Law


Bibliography



Jewish Law During the Second Temple Period*



Bibliography


Notes



Samaritan Halakhah


Bibliography


Notes



Jewish Law and Hellenistic Legal Practice in the LIght of Greek Papyri from Egypt


Notes



Selective Bibliography



Jewish Law During the Tannaitic Period



Bibliography



Jewish and Roman Jurisdiction



Bibliography


Notes



The Age of the Talmud



Bibliography



Halakhah and Law in the Period of the Geonim



Bibliography


Notes



Karaite Halakhah



Bibliography


Notes



Jewish Law in Spain and the Halakhic Activity of Its Scholars Before 1300



Bibliography



Ashkenazim to 1300



Bibliography



Toward Sunrise in the East 1300-1565



Bibliography


Notes



Jewish Law from the Shul1f24an Arukh to the Enlightenment



Bibliography



Modern Responsa: 1800 to the Present



Selected Bibliography



Jewish Law in the State of Israel


Bibliography


Notes



Postscript: the Judicial Process and the Nature of Jewish Law


Notes


Index of Sources


Index