An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law

by Hecht, N. S.; Jackson, B. S.; Passamaneck, S. M.; Piattelli, D.; Rabello, A. M.

• ISBN13: 9780198262268
• ISBN10: 0198262264
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-07-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Jewish law has a history stretching from the early period to the modern State of Israel, encompassing the Talmud, Geonic and later codifications, the Spanish Golden Age, medieval and modern response, the Holocaust and modern reforms. Fifteen distinct periods are separately studied in thisvolume, each one by a leading specialist, and the emphasis throughout is on the development of the institutions and sources of the law, providing teachers with the essential background material from which a variety of sources, from many different perspectives, may be taught. Most chapters arewritten to a common plan, with treatment of the political background of the period and the nature of Jewish judicial autonomy, the character (literary and legal) of the sources, the legal practice of the period, its principal authorities, and examples of characteristic features of the substantivelaw (especially in family law).

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xv
Biblical Law	p. 1
Bibliography	p. 15
Jewish Law During the Second Temple Period*	p. 19
Bibliography	p. 51
Notes	p. 52
Samaritan Halakhah	p. 57
Bibliography	p. 71
Notes	p. 72
Jewish Law and Hellenistic Legal Practice in the LIght of Greek Papyri from Egypt	p. 75
Notes	p. 91
Selective Bibliography	p. 91
Jewish Law During the Tannaitic Period	p. 101
Bibliography	p. 139
Jewish and Roman Jurisdiction	p. 141
Bibliography	p. 158
Notes	p. 160
The Age of the Talmud	p. 169
Bibliography	p. 194
Halakhah and Law in the Period of the Geonim	p. 197
Bibliography	p. 242
Notes	p. 244
Karaite Halakhah	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 266
Notes	p. 266
Jewish Law in Spain and the Halakhic Activity of Its Scholars Before 1300	p. 271
Bibliography	p. 298
Ashkenazim to 1300	p. 299
Bibliography	p. 321
Toward Sunrise in the East 1300-1565	p. 323
Bibliography	p. 353
Notes	p. 355
Jewish Law from the Shul1f24an Arukh to the Enlightenment	p. 359
Bibliography	p. 376
Modern Responsa: 1800 to the Present	p. 379
Selected Bibliography	p. 394
Jewish Law in the State of Israel	p. 397
Bibliography	p. 417
Notes	p. 418
Postscript: the Judicial Process and the Nature of Jewish Law	p. 421
Notes	p. 435
Index of Sources	p. 439
Index	p. 457
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