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The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law (Cambridge Companions to Religion)
Edited By Christine
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Paperback. The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law provides a conceptual and historical account of the Jewish understanding of law. Editor(s): Hayes, Christine. Series: Cambridge Companions to Religion. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; LAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law explores the Jewish conception of law as an essential component of the divine-human relationship from biblical to modern times, as well as resistance to this conceptualization. It also traces the political, social, intellectual, and cultural circumstances that spawned competing Jewish approaches to its own 'divine' law and the 'non-divine' law of others, including that of the modern, secular state of Israel. Part I focuses on the emergence and development of law as an essential element of religious expression in biblical Israel and classical Judaism through the medieval period. Part II considers the ramifications ... Read more
The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law explores the Jewish conception of law as an essential component of the divine-human relationship from biblical to modern times, as well as resistance to this conceptualization. It also traces the political, social, intellectual, and cultural circumstances that spawned competing Jewish approaches to its own 'divine' law and the 'non-divine' law of others, including that of the modern, secular state of Israel. Part I focuses on the emergence and development of law as an essential element of religious expression in biblical Israel and classical Judaism through the medieval period. Part II considers the ramifications ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Cambridge Companions to Religion
Condition
New
Number of Pages
438
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107644946
SKU
V9781107644946
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About Edited By Christine
Christine Hayes is the Weis Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica at Yale University, Connecticut. A specialist in talmudic-midrashic studies, her published works include Between the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds (1997, winner of a Salo Baron Prize), Gentile Impurities and Jewish Identities (2002, National Jewish Book Award finalist), The Emergence of Judaism (2010), Introduction to the Bible (2012), and ... Read more
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