RT Book
T1 An introduction to Jewish law
A1 Licari, François-Xavier
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2019
ED 1st ed.
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1908009764
AB The author delves into traditional rabbinical literature and the most recent academic research studies, and includes a multilingual bibliography that allows the student further exploration of all relevant topics.
AB Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- An Introduction to Jewish Law -- 1 Jewish Law As a Subject for Study -- Section 1 Jewish Law -- I Which Adjective? -- II Which Noun? -- III A Living Law -- IV Jewish Law and Israeli Law -- Section 2 The Scientific Study of Jewish Law -- I Jewish Law As a Science -- II Jewish Law and Comparative Law -- A In France -- B In the United States and Israel -- 2 Jewish Law As a Religious Legal Order -- Section 1 Halachah As a System -- I The Juridicity of Halachah -- II The Teleology of the Commandments -- III The Taxonomy of the Commandments -- A The Distinction between Matters of Permission and Prohibition (Issur Veheter) and Monetary Laws (Dinei Mamonot) -- 1 The Distinction -- 2 The Implications of This Distinction -- B Commandments of Biblical Origin and Commandments of Rabbinic Origin -- 1 The Distinction -- 2 Consequences of the Distinction -- IV Legislative Drafting (Legistics) -- V Concepts and Terminology -- Section 2 A Religious Legal System -- I A Fourth Family? -- A A Fluid Family -- B An Ideological Family -- II Some Parameters of a Religious Legal System -- A The Sources of the System -- B The Domain Covered by Jewish Law -- C The Modus Operandi of the System -- 1 General Orientations -- 2 In the Jewish Tradition, Are the Judgments Divine or Human? -- Section 3 A Transnational Legal Order -- 3 The Sources of Jewish Law -- Section 1 Revelation -- Section 2 Rabbinic Legislation (Takanot and Gezerot) and Communal Legislation (Takanot Hakahal) -- Section 3 Customs -- Section 4 Sevarah -- Section 5 The Virtue of Casuistics: Exemplum, Responsum, Judgment -- 4 Halachic Authority -- Introduction -- Section 1 Halachic Authority: The Rabbinic Paradigm -- I The Holders of Authority: Books and Individuals.
OP 180
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
CN 296.1/8
SN 978-1-108-37987-8