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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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Description
4 volumes (lxxxii, 2,231 pages); 26 cm
Uniform Title
Mishpaṭ ha-ʻIvri. English
Alternative Title
  • Mishpaṭ ha-ʻIvri.
  • Mishpat ha-Ivri
Subjects
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
©1994
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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