Crime And Punishment In Jewish Law

Author : Walter Jacob,Moshe Zemer
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : 1571811974

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Crime and Punishment in Jewish Law by Walter Jacob,Moshe Zemer Pdf

The Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah is a creative research center devoted to studying and defining the progressive character of the halakhah in accordance with the principles and theology of Reform Judaism. It seeks to establish the ideological basis of Progressive halakhah, and its application to daily life. The Institute fosters serious studies, and helps scholars in various parts of the world to work together for a common cause. It provides an ongoing forum through symposia, and publications including the quarterly newsletter HalakhaH, published under the editorship of Walter Jacob, in the United States. The foremost halakhic scholars in the Reform, Liberal, and Progressive rabbinate along with some Conservative and Orthodox colleagues as well as university professors serve on our Academic Council. Book jacket.

Author : Philip Berger Benny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Criminal law (Jewish law)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044059376251

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The Criminal Code of the Jews by Philip Berger Benny Pdf

Author : Devora Steinmetz
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812240689

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Punishment and Freedom by Devora Steinmetz Pdf

Punishment and Freedom offers a fresh look at classical rabbinic texts about criminal law from the perspective of legal and moral philosophy, arguing that the Rabbis constructed an extreme positivist view of law that is based in divine command and that is related to the rabinnic notion notion of human freedom and responsibility.

Author : David M. Gordis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015025157366

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Crime, Punishment, and Deterrence by David M. Gordis Pdf

Author : Samuel Mendelsohn
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Criminal law
ISBN : 9781584771500

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The Criminal Jurisprudence of the Ancient Hebrews by Samuel Mendelsohn Pdf

Mendelsohn, S. The Criminal Jurisprudence of the Ancient Hebrews. Compiled from the Talmud and other Rabbinical Writings, and Compared with Roman and English Penal Jurisprudence. Baltimore: M. Curlander, 1891. 270 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-056304. ISBN 1-58477-150-X. Cloth. $80. * Mendelsohn offers his interpretation of criminal jurisprudence based on his analysis of the Talmud, and makes comparisons to Roman and English systems of same. Part titles are: Crimes and Punishments, The Synhedrion, The Trial, The Execution. Well annotated and indexed.

Author : Svenja Bethke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : 1487531168

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Dance on the Razor's Edge by Svenja Bethke Pdf

Author : Beth A. Berkowitz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198039840

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Execution and Invention by Beth A. Berkowitz Pdf

The death penalty in classical Judaism has been a highly politicized subject in modern scholarship. Enlightenment attacks on the Talmud's legitimacy led scholars to use the Talmud's criminal law as evidence for its elevated morals. But even more pressing was the need to prove Jews' innocence of the charge of killing Christ. The reconstruction of a just Jewish death penalty was a defense against the accusation that a corrupt Jewish court was responsible for the death of Christ. In Execution and Invention, Beth A. Berkowitz tells the story of modern scholarship on the ancient rabbinic death penalty and offers a fresh perspective using the approaches of ritual studies, cultural criticism, and talmudic source criticism. Against the scholarly consensus, Berkowitz argues that the early Rabbis used the rabbinic laws of the death penalty to establish their power in the wake of the destruction of the Temple. Following recent currents in historiography, Berkowitz sees the Rabbis as an embattled, almost invisible sect within second-century Judaism. The function of their death penalty laws, Berkowitz contends, was to create a complex ritual of execution under rabbinic control, thus bolstering rabbinic claims to authority in the context of Roman political and cultural domination. Understanding rabbinic literature to be in dialogue with the Bible, with the variety of ancient Jews, and with Roman imperialism, Berkowitz shows how the Rabbis tried to create an appealing alternative to the Roman, paganized culture of Palestine's Jews. In their death penalty, the Rabbis substituted Rome's power with their own. Early Christians, on the other hand, used death penalty discourse to critique judicial power. But Berkowitz argues that the Christian critique of execution produced new claims to authority as much as the rabbinic embrace. By comparing rabbinic conversations about the death penalty with Christian ones, Berkowitz reveals death penalty discourse as a significant means of creating authority in second-century western religious cultures. Advancing the death penalty discourse as a discourse of power, Berkowitz sheds light on the central relationship between religious and political authority and the severest form of punishment.

Author : Adam Kirsch
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780393608311

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The People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature by Adam Kirsch Pdf

An accessible introduction to the classics of Jewish literature, from the Bible to modern times, by "one of America’s finest literary critics" (Wall Street Journal). Jews have long embraced their identity as “the people of the book.” But outside of the Bible, much of the Jewish literary tradition remains little known to nonspecialist readers. The People and the Books shows how central questions and themes of our history and culture are reflected in the Jewish literary canon: the nature of God, the right way to understand the Bible, the relationship of the Jews to their Promised Land, and the challenges of living as a minority in Diaspora. Adam Kirsch explores eighteen classic texts, including the biblical books of Deuteronomy and Esther, the philosophy of Maimonides, the autobiography of the medieval businesswoman Glückel of Hameln, and the Zionist manifestoes of Theodor Herzl. From the Jews of Roman Egypt to the mystical devotees of Hasidism in Eastern Europe, The People and the Books brings the treasures of Jewish literature to life and offers new ways to think about their enduring power and influence.

Author : Mayer Sulzberger
Publisher : Brownell Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409780489

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The Ancient Hebrew Law of Homicide by Mayer Sulzberger Pdf

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Ephraim Shoham-Steiner
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814345603

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Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe by Ephraim Shoham-Steiner Pdf

Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe is a topic laced by prejudice on one hand and apologetics on the other. Beginning in the Middle Ages, Jews were often portrayed as criminals driven by greed. While these accusations were, for the most part, unfounded, in other cases criminal accusations against Jews were not altogether baseless. Drawing on a variety of legal, liturgical, literary, and archival sources, Ephraim Shoham-Steiner examines the reasons for the involvement in crime, the social profile of Jews who performed crimes, and the ways and mechanisms employed by the legal and communal body to deal with Jewish criminals and with crimes committed by Jews. A society’s attitude toward individuals identified as criminals—by others or themselves—can serve as a window into that society’s mores and provide insight into how transgressors understood themselves and society’s attitudes toward them. The book is divided into three main sections. In the first section, Shoham-Steiner examines theft and crimes of a financial nature. In the second section, he discusses physical violence and murder, most importantly among Jews but also incidents when Jews attacked others and cases in which Jews asked non-Jews to commit violence against fellow Jews. In the third section, Shoham-Steiner approaches the role of women in crime and explores the gender differences, surveying the nature of the crimes involving women both as perpetrators and as victims, as well as the reaction to their involvement in criminal activities among medieval European Jews. While the study of crime and social attitudes toward criminals is firmly established in the social sciences, the history of crime and of social attitudes toward crime and criminals is relatively new, especially in the field of medieval studies and all the more so in medieval Jewish studies. Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe blazes a new path for unearthing daily life history from extremely recalcitrant sources. The intended readership goes beyond scholars and students of medieval Jewish studies, medieval European history, and crime in pre-modern society.

Author : Institute of Jewish Law Staff
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3718605171

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The Jewish Law Annual by Institute of Jewish Law Staff Pdf

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : David de Sola Pool
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Capital punishment (Jewish law)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011930526

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Capital Punishment Among the Jews by David de Sola Pool Pdf

Author : Menachem Elon
Publisher : LexisNexis/Matthew Bender
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Droit - Israël - Influence juive
ISBN : 0820540935

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Jewish Law (Mishpat Ivri) by Menachem Elon Pdf

The first and only casebook on the subject in English, Jewish Law provides insight into a legal system with a long and rich tradition, addressing issues that are relevant today in American law. Its primary focus is on the legal aspects of Jewish law, with emphasis on its historical development. The quoted materials originate from a wide variety of sources, from the Torah and rabbinic responsa, to modern authorities and court opinions written by Justice Elon while serving as a Justice and Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Israel. Jewish Law encompasses a broad spectrum of subjects, and in sufficient depth that professors can adapt the materials to their individual teaching methods. By combining jurisprudence, comparative law, and practical law in one clear and concise text, this casebook provides background and perspective for students as well as practitioners. It contrasts the treatment of various topics in Jewish law with the approaches taken by other legal systems, such as American, English, and modern Israeli, thereby offering new insights. The translations from Hebrew to English preserve the original flavor of the Hebrew text. Justice Elon is a legendary figure in Jewish law. He founded and headed the Institute for Research in Jewish Law at the Hebrew University. He was consulted by the Israeli legislature regarding Jewish law issues during the codification of Israeli Civil Law and served as a member of legislative committees. His three-volume treatise, Jewish Law: Ha-Mishpat Ha-Ivri, has become a classic work on the subject in Israel. As a law professor for over 30 years and an ordained rabbi, Justice Elon brings his teaching expertise to this text. His co-authors are also noted and distinguished legal scholars and practitioners, and were the translators of Justice Elon's treatise, Jewish Law (Ha-Mishpat Ha-Ivri), into English.

Author : Maria R. Boes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317157984

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Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Germany by Maria R. Boes Pdf

Frankfurt am Main, in common with other imperial German cities, enjoyed a large degree of legal autonomy during the early modern period, and produced a unique and rich body of criminal archives. In particular, Frankfurt’s Strafenbuch, which records all criminal sentences between 1562 and 1696, provides a fascinating insight into contemporary penal trends. Drawing on this and other rich resources, Dr. Boes reveals shifting and fluid attitudes towards crime and punishment and how these were conditioned by issues of gender, class, and social standing within the city’s establishment. She attributes a significant role in this process to the steady proliferation of municipal advocates, jurists trained in Roman Law, who wielded growing legal and penal prerogatives. Over the course of the book, it is demonstrated how the courts took an increasingly hard line with select groups of people accused of criminal behavior, and the open manner with which advocates exercised cultural, religious, racial, gender, and sexual-orientation repressions. Parallel with this, however, is identified a trend of marked leniency towards soldiers who enjoyed an increasingly privileged place within the judicial system. In light of this discrepancy between the treatment of civilians and soldiers, the advocates’ actions highlight the emergence and spread of a distinct military judicial culture and Frankfurt’s city council’s contribution to the quasi-militarization of a civilian court. By highlighting the polarized and changing ways the courts dealt with civilian and military criminals, a fuller picture is presented not just of Frankfurt’s sentencing and penal practices, but of broader attitudes within early modern Germany to issues of social position and cultural identity.

Author : Jackson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004668393

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Essays in Jewish and Comparative Legal History by Jackson Pdf