ISBN:
9780827608405
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 326 Seiten
Edition:
First edition
Year of publication:
2007
DDC:
296.1/801
Keywords:
Law, Semitic
;
Jewish law Philosophy
;
Jewish law Philosophy
;
Droit juif - Philosophie
;
Jewish law - Philosophy
;
Law, Semitic
;
Jüdisches Recht
;
Jüdische Philosophie
Abstract:
Bringing the topic down to earth -- The body of Jewish law : how Jewish law resembles other legal systems -- The covenantal soul of Jewish law : how Jewish law is unique -- Motivations to live by Jewish law -- Continuity and change in Jewish law -- The relationship of Jewish law to morality and theology -- Jewish law and custom -- Comparisons to the right and the left -- Applications of my theory of Jewish law to specific cases
Description / Table of Contents:
Bringing the topic down to earth -- The body of Jewish law : how Jewish law resembles other legal systems -- The covenantal soul of Jewish law : how Jewish law is unique -- Motivations to live by Jewish law -- Continuity and change in Jewish law -- The relationship of Jewish law to morality and theology -- Jewish law and custom -- Comparisons to the right and the left -- Applications of my theory of Jewish law to specific cases
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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