The Oxford handbook of Jewish law / edited by Zev Eleff, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, Chaim Saiman.

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Book
Language
English
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1st ed.
Published/​Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024-
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This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online.
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Contents
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I Reading Foundational Jewish Texts and Law
  • 1. The Theology of Classical Jewish Law: The Written Torah and the Oral Torah-History, Theology, and Authority
  • 2. How Do the Tannaim Read the Torah?
  • 3. How Does the Talmud Read the Mishnah?
  • 4. How Do the Rishonim Read the Talmud and the Geonim?
  • 5. How Do the Codes Read Earlier Rabbinic Texts?
  • 6. How Did the Nos'ei Kelim ("Arms-Bearers") Read Shulhan Arukh?
  • 7. Questions of Law: The Significance of Rabbinic Responsa for Jewish Law
  • 8. Rendering the Infinite: Law, Meaning, and Ritual in Classical and Early Modern Jewish Mysticism
  • Part II Distinguishing Characteristics of Jewish Law
  • 9. Close, Yet Creative, Reading: Understanding Rabbinic Interpretative Strategies
  • 10. Halakhah and Aggadah in the Talmud and Post-Talmudic Literature
  • 11. Talmud Torah: The Paramount Value of Study in Jewish Law
  • 12. Formal Law and Its Relationship to Minhag/Takkanot
  • 13. Codification and Other Strategies of Consensus-Building in Jewish Law
  • 14. Doubt, Stringency, and Leniency in Jewish Law
  • 15. Formalism in Jewish Law
  • 16. Jewish Law as a Duty-Based System and Why It Matters
  • Part III Jewish Law and Practice in Modernity
  • A. Movements and Denominations
  • 17. Modernity, Secularism, and the Transformation of Jewish Law
  • 18. Jewish Law and Orthodox Law
  • 19. Lawmaking in the Conservative Movement: A Balance of Lawand Norms
  • 20. North American Reform Judaism and the Halakhah: Guidanceversus Governance
  • 21. The Impact of Zionism on Jewish Law
  • B. Halakhic Responses to Modernity
  • 22. Halakhic Responses to Modernity: Attitudes toward Non- Jews inLiberal Societies
  • 23. The Role of Scientific Findings in Contemporary Jewish Law.
  • 24. Divorce and Agunah: Halakhic Responses to Modernity
  • 25. Jewish Commercial Law and Modern Political Economy
  • 26. Jewish Legal Responses to COVID- 19
  • C. Halakhah and State
  • 27. What Is Jewish Law? A Conceptual View from US Courts
  • 28. Issur Arkaot and Dina DeMalkhuta Dina: Interrelationshipsbetween Jewish and Secular Legal Systems
  • 29. The Rabbinical Courts of Our Generation
  • D. Halakhah and Personhood
  • 30. Judaism and the Modern Family
  • 31. Feticide in Halakhah: Attitudes, Approaches, and Application
  • 32. Organ Donation and Brain Death
  • Index.
Other title(s)
Jewish law
ISBN
  • 0-19-750832-4
  • 0-19-750831-6
  • 0-19-750833-2
OCLC
  • 1422538391
  • 1545642311
Doi
  • 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197508305.001.0001
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