Saul J. Berman (New York Yeshiva University)

Gebundenes Buch

Boundaries of Loyalty

Testimony Against Fellow Jews in Non-Jewish Courts

Beschreibung

This key volume explores the reaction of Jewish Law in situations in which loyalty to the material well-being of a fellow Jew could conflict with other fundamental Jewish duties of loyalty, and how these conflicts were resolved. Essential for scholars and students in Talmud, Jewish law and comparative law.

Autor

Rabbi Saul J. Berman is Professor of Jewish studies at Stern College of Yeshiva University, New York and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University Law School where he is the Rotter Fellow of Talmudic Law. As an Orthodox Rabbi in Berkeley, California, Brookline, Massachusetts, and at Lincoln Square Synagogue, New York, Berman was an early participant in the Soviet Jewry and Civil Rights movements. His research and teaching is focused on women in Jewish law, Jewish social and medical ethics, and the connections between law and spirituality, on each of which he has published articles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 158mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781107090651
• ISBN-10: 1107090652
• Artikelnr.: 45154912