Jewish law and contemporary issues /
"Organized as a series of authoritative discussions, this book presents the application of Jewish law - or Halakhah - to contemporary social and political issues. Beginning with the principle of divine revelation, it describes the contents and canons of interpretation of Jewish law. Though divi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The nature and structure of Jewish law
- Divorce
- Jewish law and the state's authority to punish crime
- The Sotheby sale
- Torture and the ticking bomb
- War
- Dead or alive?
- Rabbinic confidentiality
- Cloning
- A note on Halakhic sources.