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Further Perspectives On Jewish Law And Contemporary Issues
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Author : Wayne Allen
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2011-10-20
Further Perspectives On Jewish Law And Contemporary Issues written by Wayne Allen and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-20 with Law categories.
As a dynamic tradition, Judaism has always relied on experts to interpret sacred texts for modern times. Responding to the questions posed to him from congregants, other rabbis, and Jews around the world, Rabbi Allen blends his special sensitivity with profound scholarship in addressing a wide range of religious issues. This book is a window into how an ancient tradition can still keep its relevance today.
Perspectives On Jewish Law And Contemporary Issues
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Author : Wayne Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Perspectives On Jewish Law And Contemporary Issues written by Wayne Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Jewish law categories.
Jewish Law And Contemporary Issues
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Author : J. David Bleich
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-09-18
Jewish Law And Contemporary Issues written by J. David Bleich and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-18 with Law categories.
This book presents a series of authoritative discussions of the application of Jewish tradition to contemporary social and political issues.
Jewish Law
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Author : Suzanne Last Stone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-10-04
Jewish Law written by Suzanne Last Stone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-04 with History categories.
New Perspectives on Jewish Law combines the detailed work characteristic of scholarship on Jewish law with an orientation towards its broader academic and cultural significance. It shifts the study of Jewish law from its focus on legal doctrine and history to legal theory, achieving in the process a more sophisticated understanding of law that will benefit both the legal academy and Jewish studies. By employing the framework of legal theory, it similarly corrects an over-emphasis on the metaphysical presuppositions and philosophical implications of Jewish law, which has tended to cast it as exceptional relative to other legal systems. Moreover, it answers to old-new anxieties about law, often symbolized by Judaism, raised by contemporary feminists and by philosophers who are animated by recent interpretations of Paul through actual engagement with the Jewish legal tradition. The volume consists of three parts. The first focuses on the critique of positivism, its implications, and the new directions that it opens up for the analysis of Jewish law. The second part takes stock of recent methodological developments in the study of Jewish legal texts and investigates the relation between Jewish law and the disciplines, including history, literary theory, ritual studies, the digital humanities, as well as traditional approaches to Jewish learning. It concludes with a reflection on these interdisciplinary contributions from the perspective of legal theory. The third part explores the connections among Jewish law, philosophy, and culture critique. It assesses the relation or lack thereof between Jewish law and modern Jewish thought, and examines specific issues of philosophical interest, including truth and normativity. It also investigates the image of Jewish law in the contemporary critique of law as well as how Jewish law could productively contribute to that debate. It concludes with a reflection on these studies from the perspective of philosophy of law.
Public Policy And Social Issues
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Author : Marshall J. Breger
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2003-12-30
Public Policy And Social Issues written by Marshall J. Breger and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-30 with Religion categories.
Designing public policies to meet the needs of a diverse society is challenging, and the variety of necessary perspectives are often clouded by competing ideas about social responsibility, personal freedom, religious beliefs, and governmental intervention. Here, prominent Jewish scholars and commentators address various social issues and public policies from a Jewish perspective, using Jewish sources and documents to elucidate responses and propose solutions that are in keeping with Jewish law as set out by the major documents of the Jewish faith. Abortion, stem cell research, welfare reform, euthanasia, genetic engineering, and other hot-button issues are topics of primary concern to politicians, lawmakers, religious leaders, and ordinary citizens alike. Designing public policies to meet the needs of a diverse society is challenging, and the variety of necessary perspectives are often clouded by competing ideas about social responsibility, personal freedom, religious beliefs, and governmental intervention. Here, prominent Jewish scholars and commentators address various social issues and public policies from a Jewish perspective, using Jewish sources and documents to elucidate responses and propose solutions that are in keeping with Jewish law as set out by the major documents of the Jewish faith. Their conclusions about ways to consider issues of public concern and private consideration, and their adherence to conservative politics, may surprise readers. What emerges is the notion that Jewish thought can contribute to the American political discourse and is available to anyone looking for answers to today's toughest questions. Creating a public policy to address social issues that is both responsible and morally guided can be a difficult proposition for lawmakers. Making personal decisions about these same issues can be even more difficult as people struggle for guidance. Addressing many of the issues that are hotly debated in the media and in the corridors of our government, conservative, reform, and orthodox commentators carefully outline an approach for lawmakers and individuals. This approach incorporates Jewish law into a public policy philosophy that is both conservative-leaning and politically available. Taken as a whole, the essays underscore that Jewish tradition mostly (albeit not invariably) leads one to the politically conservative side of the aisle.
Prescription For An Ailing World
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Author : Wayne Allen
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2017-09-29
Prescription For An Ailing World written by Wayne Allen and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-29 with Religion categories.
In 1924, an Australian minister observed that while the world may be getting better off, the world is not getting better. Almost one hundred years have passed and little has changed. No doubt people today are healthier and wealthier than ever before. But people do not seem to be any more virtuous. New technologies have changed the way people live, but violence, torture, terrorism, cruelty, deception, dishonesty, and disrespect continue to threaten how well people live. Wayne Allen argues that while humanity may be ailing, it is not beyond treatment and cure. By embracing ten essential principles rooted in the Bible and putting them into practice it is possible to make people better. Allen takes the reader through a tour of the sad state of moral health of humanity and suggests a remedy. With remarkable humor and sharp insight, Allen will bring readers to an appreciation of how the world can be transformed.
The Cantor
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Author : Wayne Allen
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2019-05-10
The Cantor written by Wayne Allen and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-10 with Religion categories.
Wayne Allen traces the evolution of the office of synagogue cantor as reflected in the primary sources of Jewish law as well as in Jewish lore from the third century to the present day. Allen explores the ambivalence of both Jewish authorities and the Jewish public toward the cantor and speculates on the future of the position.
The Pursuit Of Justice And Jewish Law
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Author : Michael J. Broyde
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Pursuit Of Justice And Jewish Law written by Michael J. Broyde and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Jewish lawyers categories.
Essays On Human Rights
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Author : David Sidorsky
language : en
Publisher: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America
Release Date : 1979
Essays On Human Rights written by David Sidorsky and has been published by Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Political Science categories.
Matthew S Parable Of The Royal Wedding Feast
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Author : Ruth Christa Mathieson
language : en
Publisher: SBL Press
Release Date : 2023-06-02
Matthew S Parable Of The Royal Wedding Feast written by Ruth Christa Mathieson and has been published by SBL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-02 with Religion categories.
Ruth Christa Mathieson’s unique reading of Matthew’s parable of the royal wedding feast (Matt 22:1–14), which concludes with the king’s demand that one of the guests be bound and cast out into the outer darkness, focuses on the means of the underdressed guest’s expulsion. Using sociorhetorical interpretation, Mathieson draws the parable into conversation with early Jewish narratives of the angel Raphael binding hands and feet (1 Enoch; Tobit) and the protocol for expelling individuals from the community in Matt 18. She asserts that readers are invited to consider if the person who is bound and cast out is a danger to the little ones of the community of faith unless removed and restrained.