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Inheriting the crown in Jewish law : the struggle for rabbinic compensation, tenure, and inheritance rights
- Title
- Inheriting the crown in Jewish law : the struggle for rabbinic compensation, tenure, and inheritance rights / Jeffrey I. Roth.
- Author
- Roth, Jeffrey I., 1947-
- Publication
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2006.
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- Description
- 171 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-163) and index.
- Contents
- "A spade for digging" -- "The way of Torah is bread with salt" -- The throne of honor -- "Nowadays the prince of forgetfulness reigns" -- The variety of rabbinic emoluments -- "These fees embarrass us" -- The residence right and the residence ban -- "The envy of scholars increases wisdom" -- "No better than an outright thief" -- Rabbis and schoolteachers : two competitive regimes -- "All the same, go and consult them" -- Justifications for tenure -- Tenure and merit -- Alternatives to tenure -- The community versus the tenured rabbi -- "When will these two old men die?" -- The case against inheritance : part one -- The case against inheritance : part two -- Forging a new consensus for inheritance -- Explaining the new consensus : rabbinic posts as property -- Inheritance in the modern era.
- Call Number
- *PNH 06-1539
- ISBN
- 157003608X (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005025950
- OCLC
- 61758536
- Author
- Roth, Jeffrey I., 1947-
- Title
- Inheriting the crown in Jewish law : the struggle for rabbinic compensation, tenure, and inheritance rights / Jeffrey I. Roth.
- Imprint
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-163) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- *PNH 06-1539