Halakhah

Author : Chaim N. Saiman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691210858

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Halakhah by Chaim N. Saiman Pdf

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.

Author : Irving J. Rosenbaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036298136

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The Holocaust and Halakhah by Irving J. Rosenbaum Pdf

Author : Phillip Sigal
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781589832824

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The Halakhah of Jesus of Nazareth According to the Gospel of Matthew by Phillip Sigal Pdf

Author : Lawrence H. Schiffman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004667181

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The Halakhah at Qumran by Lawrence H. Schiffman Pdf

Author : Eliezer Segal
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0765761513

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Holidays, History, and Halakhah by Eliezer Segal Pdf

Author : Paul Heger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110901214

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The Pluralistic Halakhah by Paul Heger Pdf

This study examines by a meticulous analysis of abundant rabbinic citations the pluralism of the Halakhah in the pre-70 period which stands in contrast to the fixed Halakhah of later periods. The Temple's destruction provoked, for political motives, the initiation of this significant shift, which protracted itself, in developmental stages, for a longer period. The transition from the Tannaitic to the Amoraic era was a consequential turning point on the extended path from flexibility to rigidity in Jewish law.

Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004116176

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The Halakhah by Jacob Neusner Pdf

The Halakhah embodies the complete Jewish Law, and contains commandments and guidelines for day-to-day living. The original commandments given by God to the Jewish people were enhanced by rabbis to offer a detailed framework to guide the lives of all Jews. In this complete, all-encompassing encyclopaedia of the Halakhah, the various laws are classified in such a way that a systematic and coherent structure is obtained. Each entry of the Halakhah is presented in a logical fashion. Where applicable, the original biblical wording is given, extended with literal abstracts from the Torah. Next, problems and questions that may arise from that law are stated and any additional information given. Finally, each entry gives comprehensive explanations and recommendations as to how these laws are to be observed in daily life where to be and where not to be, what to do and what not to do, what to say and what not to say. The Halakhah, or standard Jewish Law, combines the Mishnah (about 200 CE), the Tosefta (about 300 CE), and the two Talmuds (about 400, 600 CE for the Land of Israel and Babylon, respectively). Volumes I and II contain entries pertaining to the Jewish people in relationship to God. Volume III explains how the Jewish people can restore and maintain their society in accordance with the Torah as it is explained by the rabbis. In Volumes IV and V of this study, we take up the life of the Jewish household in their encounter with God. The Encyclopaedic account therefore moves from regulating relationships between Israel and God to establishing stable and equitable relationships among Israelites and finally to actually living the Halakhah."

Author : Aharon Shemesh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520945036

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Halakhah in the Making by Aharon Shemesh Pdf

Halakhah in the Making offers the first comprehensive study of the legal material found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and its significance in the greater history of Jewish religious law (halakhah). Aharon Shemesh's pioneering study revives an issue long dormant in religious scholarship: namely, the relationship between rabbinic law, as written more than one hundred years after the destruction of the Second Temple, and Jewish practice during the Second Temple. The monumental discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran led to the revelation of this missing material and the closing of a two-hundred-year gap in knowledge, allowing work to begin comparing specific laws of the Qumran sect with rabbinic laws. With the publication of scroll 4QMMT-a polemical letter by Dead Sea sectarians concerning points of Jewish law-an effective comparison was finally possible. This is the first book-length treatment of the material to appear since the publication of 4QMMT and the first attempt to apply its discoveries to the work of nineteenth-century scholars. It is also the first work on this important topic written in plain language and accessible to nonspecialists in the history of Jewish law.

Author : Moshe Koppel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X004093760

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Meta-halakhah by Moshe Koppel Pdf

Moshe Koppel, an expert in the field of logic, draws on basic concepts of logic to analyze the dynamics and structure of Halakhah. the author poses age-old questions about the nature of Sinaitic revelation, as well as modern questions about the role of computers and the immutability of a law. Far from a dry philosophical work, this is a lively discussion about Halakhah that bears relevance on life today.

Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0761831177

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Is Scripture the Origin of the Halakhah? by Jacob Neusner Pdf

The Halakhah constitutes a coherent construction comprised by category-formations defined by topics purposively amplified. These category-formations everywhere pursue a cogent analytical program, addressing diverse subjects, treated systematically, a single set of questions of definition and analysis. Is Scripture the origin of the Halakhic system, which defines the norms of Judaism? At stake is not the starting point of discrete bits of legal data. At issue is the origin of the comprehensive structure comprised by the Halakhic category-formations, by these topics and no others. Scripture forms the natural starting point for any inquiry into the origins of Judaism. So it is quite natural to treat Scripture as the base-line and the Halakhic category-formations as the variable when seeking the origin of the system. But what happens when, as in this project, we treat the system as the base-line and Scripture as the variable? Then we see that the Halakhic system viewed as a coherent statement does not originate in Scripture. Important parts of that statement do, important parts do not. But the system viewed whole does not.

Author : Bernard S. Jackson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004162730

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Essays on Halakhah in the New Testament by Bernard S. Jackson Pdf

These essays explore the Jewish background to central issues in the New Testament -letter and spirit, prophecy and law, forgiveness, the accounts of Jesus' "trial(s)," evidence required for legal/theological claims, the shepherding images, disinheritance, and teachings on marriage and divorce.

Author : Walter Jacob,Moshe Zemer
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0929699041

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Rabbinic-lay Relations in Jewish Law by Walter Jacob,Moshe Zemer Pdf

It seeks to provide an ongoing forum through symposia, colloquia and publications. 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.

Author : Rabbi Dr. Moshe Zemer
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580236546

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Evolving Halakhah by Rabbi Dr. Moshe Zemer Pdf

An essential reference work for any thinking student of religion. Innovative and provocative, Evolving Halakhah affirms the system of traditional Jewish law, Halakhah, as a developing and moral structure, flexible enough to accommodate the changing realities of each generation. In this accessible analysis of Halakhah, Moshe Zemer issues a clarion call to follow the ancient and modern principles of evolving Halakhah, which demands ethical deeds, the discovery of holiness in the Commandments, a critical approach to the Tradition, and responsibility of the entire Community of Israel. These principles are viewed as the framework in which the other commandments are applied. To Jews who sometimes see no choices but those of fundamentalist rigidity on the one hand, or total rejection of tradition on the other, Zemer argues instead for awareness of the inherent flexibility of the halakhic system. Halakhah, he argues, has had many voices, and has changed to meet every generation’s needs. Equipped with this view, liberal Jews can reclaim their tradition from a conservative rabbinic establishment that all too often—especially in Israel—has seen the voice of strictness as more authentic than the voice of lovingkindness. The product of Zemer’s thirty-five years of work in the Israel Movement of Progressive Judaism, Evolving Halakhah includes chapters on matters ranging from personal status, especially marriage and conversion, through the “political” Halakhah of a response to the intifada. It shows that the traditional framework for understanding the Torah’s commandments can be the living heart of Jewish life for all Jews—including Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Modern Orthodox.

Author : Hava Tirosh-Samuelson,Aaron W. Hughes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004301788

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J. David Bleich: Where Halakhah and Philosophy Meet by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson,Aaron W. Hughes Pdf

Rabbi J. David Bleich is Professor of Talmud at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law, and Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University.

Author : Shai Cherry
Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781644693421

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Coherent Judaism by Shai Cherry Pdf

Coherent Judaism begins by excavating the theologies within the Torah and tracing their careers through the Jewish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. Any compelling, contemporary Judaism must cohere as much as possible with traditional Judaism and everything else we believe to be true about our world. The challenge is that over the past two centuries, our understandings of both the Torah and nature have radically changed. Nevertheless, much Jewish wisdom can be translated into a contemporary idiom that both coheres with all that we believe and enriches our lives as individuals and within our communities. Coherent Judaism explains why pre-modern Judaism opted to privilege consensus around Jewish behavior (halakhah) over belief. The stresses of modernity have conspired to reveal the incoherence of that traditional approach. In our post-Darwinian and post-Holocaust world, theology must be able to withstand the challenges of science and history. Traditional Jewish theologies have the resources to meet those challenges. Coherent Judaism concludes by presenting a philosophy of halakhah that is faithful to the covenantal aspiration to live long on the land that the Lord, our God, has given us.