THE HALAKHAH : HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES

Neusner, Jacob

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Hardback. 8vo. IX, 247 pages. 25 cm. First edition. "The normative law, or Halakhah, of the Oral Torah defines the principal medium by which the sages set forth their message. Norms of conduct, more than norms of conviction, convey the sages' statement by embodying its system for the social order of holy Israel. The essays gathered here, complementing the author's Theology of the Halakhah (Brill, 2001) , systematically investigate the religious meaning of the normative law of Judaism, with special reference to the concept of time and history that is embodied by the law, in the now-classic essays, 'History, Time, and Paradigm in Scripture and in Judaism, ' 'Halakhah Past Time: Why No History in Rabbinic Judaism? ' and the comparison of history and purity in Rabbinic Judaism and in the religious system of the Dead Sea library at Qumran, 'History and Purity in First-Century Judaism. ' Two essays of anthropological interest, 'The Halakhah and Anthropology, ' and 'The Halakhah and the Inner Life of the Israelite, ' move from history to the Halakhah as a cultural indicator. The final essays take up two theological questions, how the theology expressed in the Halakhic system works together with the theology conveyed by the Aggadic statements of Rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity; and the case for the Rabbis' reading of ancient Israelite Scripture: 'Why the Rabbis are right. ' An essay, 'ritual without myth, ' argues that the Halakhah on its own, without verbal explanation, embodies its own mythic structure, in the context of the law of Numbers 19-Mishnah-tractate Parah. " (Publishers description) . The Brill Reference Library of Judaism. Volume: 8. Subjects: Jewish law. Judaism. Droit juif. Judaïsme. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-18). Seller Inventory # 32799

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Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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