Jewish Law In Transition
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Jewish Law In Transition
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Author : Hillel Gamoran
language : en
Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press
Release Date : 2008-10-17
Jewish Law In Transition written by Hillel Gamoran and has been published by Hebrew Union College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-17 with Business & Economics categories.
The prohibition against lending on interest (Exodus 22:24) is a well-known biblical law: "If you lend to any one of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, and you shall not exact interest from him." This prohibition was intended to prevent the wealthy from exploiting the unfortunate. In the course of time, it was seen to have consequences that militated against the economic welfare of Jewish society as a whole. As a result, Jewish law (halakhah) has over the centuries relaxed the biblical injunction, allowing interest charges despite the biblical prohibition. Hillel Gamoran seeks to explain how and when this law of high moral standing collapsed and fell over the course of the centuries. Talmudic rabbis believed that business agreements violated the biblical prohibition against lending in five areas: loans of produce, advance payment for the purchase of goods, buying on credit, mortgages, and investments. The Bible does not consider any of these activities, but all arise in postbiblical literature. How was the biblical law to be applied to situations that had not occurred in biblical times? And how could the rabbis allow these activities when they were hampered from doing so by the laws against lending on interest? To answer these questions, Gamoran examines the biblical prohibition against lending and postulates when it was written, why it was written, and to whom it applied. He then considers the early and later teachers of the Oral Law, the Tannaim and Amoraim, who expanded discussion of the ban in light of various business activities from 70 C.E. to 500 C.E. Finally, he explores how the original tannaitic proscriptions for each of the five activities were upheld or relaxed over the centuries. Each activity is considered in the period of the Geonim (ca. 650-1050), the Rishonim (ca. 1000-1500), and the Aharonim (ca. 1500-2000). For each period, Gamoran shows how the rabbis struggled with the law and with one another and used inventive interpretation to create the legal fictions necessary for business life to flourish.
Ashkenazic Jewry In Transition
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Author : Bernard Rosensweig
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Ashkenazic Jewry In Transition written by Bernard Rosensweig and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Religion categories.
The fifteenth century was one of the most tragic and fateful centuries in the history of the Jewish people. It was the century which not only sealed the fate of Sephardic Jewry in the Iberian Peninsula, but also marked the turning point in the historical development of Ashkenazic Jewry from its centre in Germany to Poland and eastern Europe. Rabbi Dr. Bernard Rosensweig utilizes the life and times and works of Rabbi Jacob Weil and his contemporaries in order to give us an intimate picture of Ashkenazic Jewry in this age of transition. Through these original sources, we are exposed to the social, cultural, economic and political structure of the Jewish community, and its relationship to the civil authority and the Church.
Jewish Law Annual Vol 7
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Author : Bernard S Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-17
Jewish Law Annual Vol 7 written by Bernard S Jackson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-17 with Law categories.
First Published in 1988. The Annual is published under the auspices of The Institute of Jewish Law, Boston University School of Law, in conjunction with the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies and the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists. This volume concludes the symposium on the philosophy of Jewish law which started in Volume 6. It concludes with a response by the late Julius Stone to most of the preceding articles. This edition looks at natural law and Judaism, Halakhah and the Covenant; Jewish attitudes towards the taking of human life; mortality; and a study of Solomon Freehof.
Jewish And Israeli Law An Introduction
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Author : Shimon Shetreet
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2021-08-02
Jewish And Israeli Law An Introduction written by Shimon Shetreet and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-02 with Law categories.
This book instructively introduces the reader to the basics of Jewish law. It gives a detailed, cutting-edge analysis of contemporary public and private law in the State of Israel, as well as Israel’s legal culture, its system of government, and the roles of its democratic institutions: the executive, parliament, and judiciary. The book examines issues of Holocaust, law and religion, constitutionalization, and equality.
Mishpachah
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Author : Leonard J. Greenspoon
language : en
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-15
Mishpachah written by Leonard J. Greenspoon and has been published by Purdue University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-15 with Social Science categories.
Dictionary definitions of the term mishpachah are seemingly straightforward: "A Jewish family or social unit including close and distant relatives-sometimes also close friends." As accurate as such definitions are, they fail to capture the diversity and vitality of real, flesh-and-blood Jewish families. Families have been part of Jewish life for as long as there have been Jews. It is useful to recall that the family is the basic narrative building block of the stories in the biblical book of Genesis, which can be interpreted in the light of ancient literary traditions, archaeological discoveries, and rabbinic exegesis. Rabbinic literature also is filled with discussions about interactions, rancorous as well as amicable, between parents and among siblings. Sometimes harmony characterizes relations between the parent and the child; as often, alas, there is conflict. The rabbis, always aware of the realities of life, chide and advise as best they can. For the modern period, the changing roles of males and females in society at large have contributed to differing expectations as to their roles within the family. The relative increase in the number of adopted children, from both Jewish and non-Jewish backgrounds, and more recently, the shifting reality of assisted reproductive technologies and the possibility of cloning human embryos, all raise significant moral and theological questions that require serious consideration. Through the studies brought together in this volume, more than a dozen scholars look at the Jewish family in wide variety of social, historical, religious, and geographical contexts. In the process, they explore both diverse and common features in the past and present, and they chart possible courses for Jewish families in the future.
Jewish Law In Legal History And The Modern World
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Author : Bernard S. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1980-01-01
Jewish Law In Legal History And The Modern World written by Bernard S. Jackson and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-01-01 with Comparative law categories.
Modern Research In Jewish Law
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Author : Bernard S. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1980
Modern Research In Jewish Law written by Bernard S. Jackson and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Religion categories.
Righting Wrongs In Eastern Europe
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Author : Istvan S. Pogany
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1997
Righting Wrongs In Eastern Europe written by Istvan S. Pogany and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Human rights categories.
One of the most painful aspects of the transition process in East-Central Europe is the attempt to address some of the serious human rights abuses that occurred in the name of communism as well as during the post-communist era.
Conversion To Judaism In Jewish Law
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Author : Walter Jacob
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 1994
Conversion To Judaism In Jewish Law written by Walter Jacob and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Conversion categories.
This essays explore conversion to Judaism and the issues connected with it in the late twentieth century
Tradition In Transition
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Author : David Harry Ellenson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Tradition In Transition written by David Harry Ellenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Religion categories.
Students of modern Judaism have largely ignored the responsa literature as a source for comprehending the nature and development of Jewish history and thought during the last two hundred years. These original essays argue that the responsa, far from being unimportant to the investigation of the modern Jewish condition, provide a helpful framework for analyzing and understanding the story of the Jewish response to the modern world. The essays focus on issues of Jewish identity (intermarriage, patrilineal descent, and apostasy, among others) and reflect upon the variety of paths Orthodox Judaism has followed in response to the changed social and religious conditions of the modern era.