An introduction to the history and sources of Jewish law
Title:
An introduction to the history and sources of Jewish law
Author:
Hecht, Neil S.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1996]
©1996
Physical Description:
xvii, 466 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
Biblical law / Jewish law during the second Temple period / Samaritan Halakhah / Jewish law and Hellenistic legal practice in thelight of Greek papyri from Egypt / Jewish law during the Tannaitic period / Jewish and Roman jurisdiction / Age of the Talmud / Halakhah and law in the period of the geonim / Karaite Halakhah / Jewish law in Spain and the Halakhic activity of its scholars before 1300 rEliav Shochetman -- Ashkenazim to 1300 / Toward sunrise in the East 1300-1565 / Jewish law from the Shulḥan Arukh to the enlightenment / Modern responsa : 1800 to the present / Jewish law in the State of Israel / Judicial process and the nature of Jewish law
Reading Level:
1440 Lexile.
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ISBN:
9780198262268
9780198262626
Format :
Book
