Codification of Jewish Law on the Cusp of Modernity e-bog
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For more than four centuries, Jewish life has been based on a code of law written by Joseph Caro, his Shulhan `aruk ['set table']. The work was an immediate best-seller because it presented the law in a clear and concise format. Caro's work, however, was methodologically problematic and was widely criticized in the first generations after its publication. In this volume, Edward Fram examines Ca...
E-bog
692,63 DKK
Forlag
Cambridge University Press
Udgivet
13 april 2022
Genrer
1DV
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781009062237
For more than four centuries, Jewish life has been based on a code of law written by Joseph Caro, his Shulhan `aruk ['set table']. The work was an immediate best-seller because it presented the law in a clear and concise format. Caro's work, however, was methodologically problematic and was widely criticized in the first generations after its publication. In this volume, Edward Fram examines Caro's methods as well as those of two of his contemporaries, Moses Isserles and Solomon Luria. He highlights criticisms of Caro's legal thought and brings alternative methodologies to the fore. He also compares these three jurists, while placing their methods, and cases in their historical, intellectual, and religious contexts. Fram's volume ultimately explains why Caro's methodologically problematic work won the day, while more sophisticated approaches remained points of legal reference but fell short of achieving the acceptance that their authors hoped for.