Halakhah - The Rabbinic Idea of Law

Zusatztext "Highly recommended." ---Jonathan Schofer, Reading Religion Informationen zum Autor Chaim N. Saiman is professor in the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University. He lives with his wife and three daughters in Bala Cynwyd! Pennsylvania. Klappentext How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed everything into a legal question-and Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everythingThough typically translated as "Jewish law," the term 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 Zusammenfassung How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed everything into a legal question-and Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everythingThough typically translated as "Jewish law," the term 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

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• Authors: Chaim Saiman, Chaim N. Saiman
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780691152110
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15211-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Library of Jewish Ideas; Library of Jewish Ideas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Jewish Studies, Philosophy of religion, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Judaism: theology