Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues

Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues
Author: J. David Bleich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2015-09-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0521765471

This book presents a series of authoritative discussions of the application of Jewish tradition to contemporary social and political issues.

Further Perspectives on Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues

Further Perspectives on Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues
Author: Wayne Allen
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2011-10-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 142699558X

As a dynamic tradition, Judaism has always relied on experts to interpret sacred texts for modern times. Responding to the questions posed to him from congregants, other rabbis, and Jews around the world, Rabbi Allen blends his special sensitivity with profound scholarship in addressing a wide range of religious issues. This book is a window into how an ancient tradition can still keep its relevance today.

Halacha

Halacha
Author: David Golinkin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2000
Genre:
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Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues

Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues
Author: J. David Bleich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2015-09-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1316351777

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 divinely received, the law must still be interpreted and 'completed' by human minds, often leading to the conundrum of divergent but equally authentic interpretations. Examining topics from divorce to war and from rabbinic confidentiality to cloning, this book carefully delineates the issues presented in each case, showing the various positions taken by rabbinic scholars, clarifying areas of divergence, and analyzing reasons for disagreement. Written by widely recognized scholars of both Jewish and secular law, this book will be an invaluable source for all who seek authoritative guidance in understanding traditional Jewish law and practice.

There Shall Be No Needy

There Shall Be No Needy
Author: Jill Jacobs
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1580234259

Confront the most pressing issues of twenty-first-century America in this fascinating book, which brings together classical Jewish sources, contemporary policy debate and real-life stories.

Judaism and Human Rights

Judaism and Human Rights
Author: Carlos Ripoll
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2018-01-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1351309749

Areligion or a culture like Judaism, at least three thousand years old, cannot be expected to be all of one piece, homogeneous, self-contained, consistent, a neatly constructed system of ideas. If Judaism were that, it would have died centuries ago and would be a subject of interest only to the historian and archaeologist. Judaism has been a living force precisely because it is a teeming, thundering, and clamoring phenomenon, full of contrary tendencies and inconsistencies. Although there are no words or phrases in Hebrew Scriptures for "human rights," "conscience," or "due process of law," the ideals and values which these concepts represent were inherent in the earliest Jewish texts.This volume begins with four essays on the concept of man's being born "free and equal," in the image of God. The underpinning of this concept in Jewish law is explored in Section 2, entitled "The Rule of Law." Section 3, "The Democratic Ideal," traces the foundations of democracy in the Jewish teachings in the Bible and the Talmud, which in turn influenced the whole body of Western political thought. Relations between man and man, man and woman, employer and employee, slave and master are all spelled out. Section 4 presents essays analyzing man's freedom of conscience, and his God-given rights to dissent and protest. Section 5 deals with aspects of personal liberty, including the right of privacy. Section 6, entitled "The Earth is the Lord's," deals with the Jewish view of man's transient tenancy on God's earth, his obligations not to destroy anything that lives or grows, and to share the earth's bounty with the poor, the widowed, and the orphaned. Section 7 delivers an analysis of the "end of days" vision of Micah and man's continuing need to strive for peace and not for war. The volume concludes with three new essays, dealing with contemporary issues: "In God's Image: The Religious Imperative of Equality under Law"; "The Values of a Jewish and Democratic State: The Task of Reaching a Synthesis"; and "Religious Freedom and Religious Coercion in the State of Israel."This enlarged edition is accessibly written for a general and scholarly audience and will be of particular interest to political scientists, historians, and constitutional scholars.

An Introduction to Jewish Law

An Introduction to Jewish Law
Author: François-Xavier Licari
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2019-03-28
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1108421970

This is the first book to present a systematic and synthetic introduction to Jewish law.