Joseph Karo and Shaping of Modern Jewish Law - The Early Modern Ottoman and Global Settings

The book provides a global perspective on the history of Jewish law during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, focusing on the codification works of R. Joseph Karo.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Methodology, Questions, and Scope; Chapter One The Importance of Being Canonized; Chapter Two The Preamble to Beit Yosef: Manifesto of a Jurist; Chapter Three "Maran" [Our Master] Joseph Karo; Chapter Four Semikhah Polemics in Safed: Establishing a Guild of Jurists; Chapter Five R. Karo in Safed: Establishing a Dominant Status; Chapter Six Law and Mysticism: An Envitable Encounter; Chapter Seven "Provide Me with the Reasoning for your Verdict": The Prestige and Status of Jewish Courts; Chapter Eight Establishing an International Court of Law; Chapter Nine Summary: Scope and Perspectives; Bibliographical List; Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Roni Weinstein teaches at the Hebrew University, Foreign Students Program.

Zusammenfassung

The book provides a global perspective on the history of Jewish law during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, focusing on the codification works of R. Joseph Karo.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Roni Weinstein, Weinstein Roni
• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.04.2024
• EAN: 9781839992537
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-253-7
• Seiten: 262
• Serie: Anthem Intercultural Transfer Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Globalization, Ottoman Empire, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Legal History, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Türkiye / Turkey, R. Karo mark