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1 online resource (xv, 602 pages) |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Content -- PART I: The Literature and Methodsof Jewish Law -- Introduction -- A. THE ORIGINS AND AIMS OF THIS BOOK -- B. THE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF THIS BOOK -- C. WHO ARE THE JEWS? -- D. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT JEWISH LAW -- Topic One: Biblical Law -- A. THE BIBLICAL WORLD -- B. FUNDAMENTALIST AND HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO THE BIBLE -- C. THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS OF THE BIBLE -- D. THE BIBLICAL LAW CODES |
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Topic Two: The Biblical Law of InjuryA. THE COVENANT CODE'S TREATMENT OF PERSONAL INJURY -- B. THE CODE Of HAMMURABI -- C. THE HITTITE LAWS -- Topic Tllree: Biblical Jurisprudence -- A. LAW AND WORLD VIEW -- B. BIBLICAL METHODS Of RESOLVING DISPUTES -- C. THE SOURCE OF THE LAW AND LEGAL OBEDIENCE: THE COVENANT -- D. REASONS FOR OBEYING THE LAW -- E. LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE BIBLE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MORAL NORMS AND GOD'S WORD -- F. BIBLICAL LAW AND CHANGE: ADAPTING DIVINE LAW TO NEW CIRCUMSTANCES -- Topic Four: Rabbinic Law of Injuries |
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A. AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF THE SECOND TEMPLE AND RABBINIC PERIODSB. MIDRASH HALAKHAH -- C. MISHNAH -- D. CALIFORNIA JURY INSTRUCTIONS -- E. GEMARA ON INJURIES: BAVA KAMMA 83b-84a, 85a-86a, 86b, 90b -- F. SECTARIAN LAWS OF INJURIES -- Topic Five: The Oral Torah: Rabbinic Exegesis and Oral Traditions -- A. Two WAYS OF DEALING WITH A FIXED TEXT I: EXEGESIS AND ITS JUSTIFICATION -- B. Two WAYS OF DEALING WITH A FIXED TEXT-I: THE METHODS ANDUSE OF EXEGESIS -- C. Two WAYS OF DEALING WITH A FIXED TEXT-II: THE ORALTRADITION -- D. Continuity and Change |
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E. The Limits of the Flexibility of the Text and the Tradition: Opposition Movements in Jewish Legal HistoryTopic Six: The Authority and Morality of the Tradition -- A. THE BASIS FOR OBEDIENCE OF THE LAW -- B. LAW AND MORALITY -- Topic Seven: Rabbinic Court Procedures -- A. THE STRUCTURE AND JURISDICTION OF COURTS -- B. SYSTEMS OF PROOF AND RULES OF EVIDENCE -- C. PROBLEMS WITH USING COURTS -- D. ALTERNATIVES TO COURTS -- Topic Eight: The Responsa Literature -- A. THE TALMUDIC AND GEONIC PERIODS: HESITANT BEGINNINGS |
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B. THE ELEVENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES: FRANCO-GERMANY AND SPAIN-NORTH AFRICAC. THE SIXTEENTH TO TWENTIETH CENTURIES: THE AHARONIM OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND EASTERN EUROPE -- D. WORLD WAR II-PRESENT: AMERICA: FOUR MOVEMENTS, FOUR CONCEPTIONS OF JEWISH LAW -- E. WORLD WAR II-PRESENT: ISRAEL -- Topic Nine: Codes -- A. THE TYPES OF CODES AND THEIR USE -- B. THE LITERATURE OF JEWISH CODIFICATION -- C. PROS AND CONS OF CODIFICATION -- D, EXAMPLE OF CODIFICATION: MAIMONIDES ON PERSONAL INJURIES -- Topic Ten: Legislation (Takkanot) |
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Includes indexes |
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"A centennial publication of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America." |
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"Multi-User" |
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Includes indexes |
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"A centennial publication of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America." |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Jewish law -- History
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Jewish law.
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Personal injuries (Jewish law)
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Marriage (Jewish law)
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Conflict of laws (Jewish law)
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LAW -- Customary.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative.
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Personal injuries (Jewish law)
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Marriage (Jewish law)
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Conflict of laws (Jewish law)
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Jewish law
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Joods recht.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rosett, Arthur I. (Arthur Irwin), 1934-2011.
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Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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| LC no. |
86014581 |
| ISBN |
9781438401423 |
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1438401426 |
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9780887064609 |
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0887064604 |
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