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The unfolding tradition : Jewish law after Sinai / Elliot N. Dorff.

Title
The unfolding tradition : Jewish law after Sinai / Elliot N. Dorff.
Author
Dorff, Elliot N.
Publication
New York : Aviv Press, c2005.

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Description
xvi, 566 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Conservative Judaism
  • Jewish law > Philosophy
  • Jewish law
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-524) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. Bringing the topic down to Earth -- Ch. 2. biblical and rabbinic roots of Jewish legal theories -- Ch. 3. Early statements of conservative legal theory -- Ch. 4. Mid-twentieth-century theorists -- Ch. 5. Conservative theories of Jewish law since 1970 -- part I -- Ch. 6. Conservative theories of Jewish law since 1970 -- part II -- Ch. 7. Some comparative theories to the right and left -- Ch. 8. Sample illustrations of conservative legal theories at work -- Epilogue : the unity within the diverse conservative theories of Jewish law.
ISBN
  • 0916219291 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780916219291
LCCN
^^2004065982
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library