Edward Fram (Israel Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

The Codification of Jewish Law on the Cusp of Modernity

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Produktbeschreibung

Aimed at legal historians and students of Jewish law, this work explains how three of the most important codifiers of Jewish law arrived at their decisions and perceived their peers. Placing the works in the context of print and legal humanism, the works exposes differing dynamics of legal decision making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9781316511572
• ISBN-10: 131651157X
• Artikelnr.: 63118654

Autorenporträt

Edward Fram is Associate Professor of Jewish History and Solly Yellin Chair in Lithuanian and Eastern European Jewish Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research focuses on the history of Jewish law in the early modern period. He is the author of several award-winning books including Ideals Face Reality (1997) and A Window on their World: The Rabbinic Court Diary of Rabbi Hayyim Gundersheim, Frankfurt am Main, 1773¿1794 (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Joseph Caro and his codification of Jewish law
2. A difficult beginning
3. Rabbi Solomon Luria's legal methodology
4. Rabbi Moses Isserles's responses
5. Codification and legal creativity
Conclusion.