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Author : François-Xavier Licari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 16,32 MB
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1108421970
This is the first book to present a systematic and synthetic introduction to Jewish law.
Author : Mendell Lewittes
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 30,16 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Index. Bibliography: p.259-263.
Author : Neil S. Hecht
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 43,82 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN :
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).
Author : Shimon Shetreet
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 32,73 MB
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 3110387026
This book provides a concise introduction to the basics of Jewish law. It gives a detailed analysis of contemporary public and private law in the State of Israel, as well as Israel’s legal culture, its system of government, and the roles of its democratic institutions: the executive, parliament, and judiciary. The book examines issues of Holocaust, law and religion, constitutionalization, and equality. It is the ultimate book for anyone interested in Israeli Law and its politics. Authors Shimon Shetreet is the Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He is the President of the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace and heads the International Project of Judicial Independence. In 2008, the Mt. Scopus Standards of Judicial Independence were issued under his leadership. Between 1988 and 1996, Professor Shetreet served as a member of the Israeli Parliament, and was a cabinet minister under Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. He was senior deputy mayor of Jerusalem between 1999 and 2003. He was a Judge of the Standard Contract Court and served as a member of the Chief Justice Landau Commission on the Israeli Court System. The author and editor of many books on the judiciary, Professor Shetreet is a member of the Royal Academy of Science and Arts of Belgium. Rabbi Walter Homolka PhD (King’s College London, 1992), PhD (University of Wales Trinity St. David, 2015), DHL (Hebrew Union College, New York, 2009), is a full professor of Modern Jewish Thought and the executive director of the School of Jewish Theology at the University of Potsdam (Germany). The rector of the Abraham Geiger College (since 2003) is Chairman of the Leo Baeck Foundation and of the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Scholarship Foundation in Potsdam. In addition, he has served as the executive director of the Masorti Zacharias Frankel College since 2013.The author of "Jüdisches Eherecht" and other publications on Jewish Law holds several distinctions: among them the Knight Commander’s Cross of the Austrian Merit Order and the 1st Class Federal Merit Order of Germany. In 2004, President Jacques Chirac admitted Rabbi Homolka to the French Legion of Honor.
Author : Arnold J. Cohen
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 30,36 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Civil law (Jewish law)
ISBN : 9780873065375
Biographical references and index.
Author : Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 45,59 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1438401426
This book examines biblical and rabbinic law as a coherent, continuing legal tradition. It explains the relationship between religion and law and the interaction between law and morality. Abundant selections from primary Jewish sources, many newly translated, enable the reader to address the tradition directly as a living body of law with emphasis on the concerns that are primary for lawyers, legislators, and judges. Through an in-depth examination of personal injury law and marriage and divorce law, the book explores jurisprudential issues important for any legal system and displays the primary characteristics of Jewish law. A Living Tree will be of special interest to students of law and to Jews curious about the legal dimensions of their tradition. The authors provide sufficient explanations of the sources and their significance to make it unnecessary for the reader to have a background in either Jewish studies or law.
Author : Christine Hayes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 44,6 MB
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107036151
The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law provides a conceptual and historical account of the Jewish understanding of law.
Author : Yaakov Menken
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1440538018
From the Penteteuch and Nevi'im to the Ketuvim and the oral Torah, this straightforward reference walks you through God's instructions to His people and explains how these teachings are incorporated into Jewish life. The Everything Torah Book presents the tenets of the Jewish faith in an easy-to-understand reference. Fascinating insights into the history, stories, parables, and personalities that are featured in this sacred scripture will bring teachings to life. Regardless of your faith, The Everything Torah Book offers a wonderful insight into Jewish culture. Learn about: Jewish history and heritage What constitutes the Torah The importance of the Torah in the Jewish community How to expand your learning Incorporating teachings into your life Written by a rabbi, The Everything Torah Book presents the tenets of Jewish faith, tradition, and culture in one all-inclusive resource.
Author : Zeʹev Wilhelm Falk
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 25,37 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004035379
Author : Chaim N. Saiman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 24,64 MB
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691210853
How 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.