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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Roni Weinstein
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781785278761
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-876-1
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Anthem Intercultural Transfer Studies; Anthem Intercultural Transfer
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories