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Setting the table : an introduction to the jurisprudence Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein's Arukh HaShulhan /

"This work explains the jurisprudence and methodology of the last great restatement of Jewish law written, the Arukh Hashulhan, by Rabbi Yeheil Michel Epstein. It will help those interested in exploring Jewish law understand how halakha was codified, decodified and then recodified in the beginn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Broyde, Michael J. (Autor), Pill, Shlomo C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I
  • Setting the Table: The Codification of Jewish Law
  • Chapter One: Codifying Jewish Law
  • Chapter Two: Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein's Arukh HaShulchan
  • Chapter Three Competing Models: The Arukh HaShulchan and Mishnah Berurah
  • Part II
  • The Methodological Principles of the Arukh HaShulchan
  • Introduction
  • Chapter Four: The Rule of the Talmud
  • Chapter Five Rabbinic Consensus
  • Chapter Six Resolving Doubtful Cases
  • Chapter Seven Non-Normative Opinions
  • Chapter Eight Supererogatory Religious Conduct
  • Chapter Nine Law and Mysticism
  • Chapter Ten Law and Custom
  • Chapter Eleven Temporal Rationalization of Halakhic Rules
  • Chapter Twelve Law and Pragmatism
  • Part III
  • Illustrative Examples from the Arukh HaShulchan
  • The Arukh HaShulchan's Methodological Principles for Reaching Halakhic Conclusions
  • The Ten Methodological Principles of the Arukh HaShulchan
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Biblical and Rabbinic Works Cited
  • Index of Names and Subjects
  • Index of Examples by Methodological Principle