Many would benefit from reading this work.' Michael J. He provides a masterful overview of the basic jurisprudence of this very unique religious legal system. Wilkes - Jewish Law Association Advance praise:‘Dr Licari has written an excellent and concise introduction to Jewish law for the reader of English.
With rigorous attention to legal methodologies, and with well-chosen and wide-ranging bibliographies for all topics, the essay presents a refreshing account of the unfolding of Talmudic law as a field of study.' George R. Introduction: What Is The Jewish Study Bible Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler ix. Reviews Advance praise:‘This penetrating essay will stimulate new research on Jewish law while also providing an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate courses – on Jewish law, on comparative law, and on religion and law. Sources of Jewish law such as revelation, rabbinical and communal legislation, judicial decisions, and legal reasoning are defined and analyzed, and the authority of who decides what Jewish law is and why their decisions are binding is investigated. An introduction to modern Jewish law as it applies to the daily life of Jews around the world, this volume presents Jewish law in a way that answers all the questions that a student of comparative law would ask when encountering an unfamiliar legal system.
The Persian Jewish community was at the forefront of world Jewry through the Muslim period, extending to approximately 1050 C.E., but there were sizable Jewish communities in Israel, North Africa, and southern Europe dur-ing that time. An Introduction to Jewish Law expounds the general structure of Jewish law and presents the cardinal principles of this religious legal system. focus of Jewish history shifted to the community in Persia. Often conflated with Biblical law or Israeli law, Jewish law needs to be studied in its own right. Jewish law is a singular legal system that has been evolving for generations.
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