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Jewish law : history, sources, principles = Ha-mishpat ha-Ivri

Title

Jewish law : history, sources, principles = Ha-mishpat ha-Ivri / Menachem Elon ; translated from the Hebrew by Bernard Auerbach and Melvin J. Sykes.

Author

Elon, Menachem.

Publication

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1994.
©1994

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 4	Text	No restrictions	Desk-JWS KBM520.5 .E4313 1994 v. 4	Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Desk Room 111
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 3	Text	No restrictions	Desk-JWS KBM520.5 .E4313 1994 v. 3	Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Desk Room 111
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	No restrictions	Desk-JWS KBM520.5 .E4313 1994 v. 2	Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Desk Room 111
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	No restrictions	Desk-JWS KBM520.5 .E4313 1994 v. 1	Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Desk Room 111

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Description

4 volumes (lxxxii, 2,231 pages); 26 cm

Uniform Title

Mishpaṭ ha-ʻIvri. English

Alternative Title

Mishpaṭ ha-ʻIvri.
Mishpat ha-Ivri

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Note

תרגום של: המשפט העברי.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 2025-2062) and indexes.

Contents

Vol. 1 -- Part I: The history and elements of Jewish law -- The history of Jewish law -- The development of Jewish law: Some important factors -- the scientific study of Jewish law -- Mishpat Ivri: definition and nature -- The oral law: definition and general principles -- The basic norm and the sources of Jewish law -- The prerogatives of the Halakhic authorities -- Part II: The legal sources of Jewish law -- Exegesis and interpretation (Midrash and Parshanut): introduction -- Exegetical interpretation of the Torah -- Interpretation of the Halakhah -- Interpretation of documents -- Interpretation of communal enactments.
Vol. 2 -- Part II (cont): Legislation: introduction -- Legislation: nature, objectives, and principles of legislation by the Halakhic authorities -- Legislation: enactments through the end of the Tannaitic period -- Legislation in the Amoraic period -- Legislation in the Geonic period -- Post-Geonic legislation: introduction -- Communal enactments -- Survey of legislation from the tenth century C.E. to the present -- Custom (Minhag): its nature and the source of its biding force -- Custom: operation and categories -- Ma'aseh and precedent -- legal reasoning (Sevarah).
Vol. 3 -- Part III: The literary sources of Jewish law -- The literary sources of Jewish law: nature and definition -- The literary sources from the Sinaitic revelation until the Tannaim -- The literary sources from the Tannaitic period until the redaction of the Talmud: introduction -- The literary sources in the Tannaitic period -- The literary sources in the Amoraic period -- The literary sources and other Halakhic literature in the post-Talmudic period: introduction -- Commentaries and novellae -- The codificatory literature: nature and structure: the problem of codification -- The codificatory literature: from the Geonic period until Maimonides' Mishneh Torah -- The codificatory literature: Maimonides' Mishneh Torah -- The codificatory literature: from Maimonides until the Shulhan Arukh; The Sefer Ha-Turim -- The codificatory literature: the works of Joseph Caro and Moses Isserles -- The codificatory literature: reactions to the Shulhan Arukh and its final acceptance -- The codificatory literature: commentaries on the codification after the Shulhan Arukh -- The Responsa literature -- Literature facilitating research in Jewish law: compilations of legal documents -- Reference works.
Vol. 4 -- Part IV: Jewish law in the state of Israel -- Introduction: Jewish law from the abrogation of Jewish juridical autonomy to the establishment of the state of Israel -- Jewish law in the general legal system of the state of Israel -- The law of personal status in the rabbinical and general courts: additional aspects of the problem of the status of Jewish law in the law of the state of Israel -- The foundations of law act, 1980 -- The religious and cultural aspects of the question of the status of Jewish law in the Jewish state -- Appendix A: Cross-reference table -- The Mishneh Torah and the Shulhan Arukh -- Appendix B: Additional comparisons of the language and style of the Mishneh Torah, the Turim, and the Shulhan Arukh -- Appendix C: A listing of the most widely known compilations of Responsa.

Call Number

KBM520.5

ISBN

0827603894
9780827603899
0827603851
9780827603851
082760386X
9780827603868
0827603878
9780827603875
0827603886
9780827603882

LCCN

93009278

OCLC

27381723

Author

Elon, Menachem.

Title

Jewish law : history, sources, principles = Ha-mishpat ha-Ivri / Menachem Elon ; translated from the Hebrew by Bernard Auerbach and Melvin J. Sykes.

Publisher

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1994.

Copyright Date

Edition

A Philip and Muriel Berman edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 2025-2062) and indexes.

Other Form:

Online version: Elon, Menachem. Mishpaṭ ha-ʻIvri. English. Jewish law. A Philip and Muriel Berman ed. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1994 (OCoLC)604085182

Online version: Elon, Menachem. Mishpaṭ ha-ʻIvri. English. Jewish law. A Philip and Muriel Berman ed. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1994 (OCoLC)607898166

Research Call Number

Desk-JWS KBM520.5 .E4313 1994

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