ISBN:
9781441165411
,
9781441133298
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 399 Seiten
Year of publication:
2013
Series Statement:
The Kogod library of Judaic studies 11
Series Statement:
The Kogod library of Judaic studies
DDC:
296.0956
Keywords:
Rabbis Intellectual life
;
Rabbis Intellectual life
;
Rabbis Intellectual life
;
Rabbinical literature History and criticism
;
Judentum
;
Rabbiner
;
Kultur
;
Irak
;
Syrien
;
Ägypten
;
Naher Osten
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
New Horizons: aspects of the halakhic creativity of Rabbi Abdallah SomekhIraqi rabbis and Ashkenazic halakhic literature -- The Sephardic halakhic ethos according to Iraqi rabbinic leaders -- Rabbinic scholars of Aleppo in the modern era: conservatism as a core cultural-religious value -- Rabbi Yitzhak Dayyan: a maskil in Aleppo -- A seal of truth which I have sought and loved with all my being: aspects of the halakhic and religious world of Rabbi Shaul-Matloub Abadi -- "There is none like this Arabic language upon the Earth." The Arabic language and oriental culture through the eyes of Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan -- Rabbinic responses to transformations in the social life of Egyptian Jews -- The synagogue: changes and trends -- Halakha, suicide and social policy -- Rabbanite-Karaite Intermarriage in twentieth-century Egyptian halakha -- Freedom engraved on the tablets.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
