Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law: 13 (Library of Jewish Ideas) - Softcover

Saiman, Chaim N.

 
9780691210858: Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law: 13 (Library of Jewish Ideas)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691210853 ISBN 13: 9780691210858
Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2020

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How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everything

Typically translated as "Jewish law," 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 enforce its rules, nor has it ever been the law of any state. Even more idiosyncratically, the talmudic rabbis claim the study of halakhah is a holy endeavor that brings a person closer to God-a claim no country makes of its law. Chaim Saiman traces how generations of rabbis have used concepts forged in talmudic disputation to do the work that other societies assign not only to philosophy, political theory, theology, and ethics but also to art, drama, and literature. Guiding readers across two millennia of richly illuminating perspectives, this panoramic book shows how halakhah is not just "law" but an entire way of thinking, being, and knowing.

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Chaim N. Saiman is professor in the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University.

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Verlag
Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691210853
ISBN 13 
9780691210858
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
312
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