ISBN:
9789004417397
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 404 Seiten
,
Karten
Year of publication:
2020
Series Statement:
Studies in Jewish history and culture volume 60
Series Statement:
Studies in Jewish history and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Berkovitz, Jay R., 1951 - Law's dominion
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Berkovitz, Jay R., 1951 - Law's dominion
DDC:
944/.3853004924009033
Keywords:
Jews History 18th century
;
Jews Social life and customs
;
Jews Cultural assimilation
;
Rabbinical courts History 18th century
;
Metz (France) Ethnic relations
;
Metz
;
Juden
;
Jüdische Gemeinde
;
Jüdisches Recht
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
Abstract:
Jewish History through a Legal Lens -- The Foundations of the Metz Kehillah -- Communal Autonomy and Governance -- Lay and Rabbinic Judicial Authority -- Navigating the Challenges of Multiple Jurisdictions -- Guardianship and Inheritance -- Women, Marriage, and Property.
Abstract:
"In Law's Dominion, Jay Berkovitz offers a novel approach to the history of early modern Jewry. Set in the city of Metz, on the Moselle river, this study of a vibrant prerevolutionary community draws on a wide spectrum of legal sources that tell a story about community, religion, and family that has not been told before.Focusing on the community's leadership, public institutions, and judiciary, this study challenges the assumption that Jewish life was in a steady state of decline before the French Revolution. To the contrary, the evidence reveals a robust community that integrated religious values and civic consciousness, interacted with French society, and showed remarkable signs of collaboration between Jewish law and the French judicial system"--
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