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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY AND SOURCES OF JEWISH LAW
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| By: |
N. S. Hecht (Editor), B.S. Jackson (Editor), S.M. Passamaneck (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£90.00 |
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£78.75 |
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£11.25 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198262264 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198262268 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 March, 1996 |
| Pages: |
484 |
| Description: |
This is a unique single-volume introduction to the history of Jewish law written by leading experts in the field. The volume will appeal to teachers of Jewish law and Jewish Studies, and to the intelligent lay reader. Organised chronologically to cover the main historical periods, each chapter offers a contextual approach to the main developments in Jewish law, with particular emphasis given to developments in areas such as marriage and divorce. From Sinai to modernJerusalem, through the discoveries in the Judean desert and Cairo Geniza, in periods of joy and tragedy, the history of Jewish law has been an inseparable part of the history of the Jewish people. |
| Synopsis: |
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 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). |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
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