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Employing text critical methods, Jonathan S. Milgram argues that, in the absence of the hermeneutic underpinnings for tannaitic innovations, the inheritance laws of the tannaim were not the result of the rabbinic penchant for inventive interpretation of Scripture.
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This is the first comprehensive anthology of early Yiddish literature for more than a century. It includes 130 texts covering the broad range of genres that define the corpus: from heroic epic and devotional literature to oaths, legends, fables, and riddles.
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This book discloses the mechanisms by which the Nazis and their allies confiscated Jewish property, demonstrating the... Læs mere
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This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law. Drawing on legal theory and models of rabbinic exegesis, Jane L. Kanarek argues for the centrality of biblical narrative in the formation of rabbinic law.
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This book examines a wide range of theologians, philosophers, and exegetes who share a passionate engagement with Maimonides, assaulting, adopting,... Læs mere
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Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how cultures critique and defend their religious food practices, focussing on how ancient Jews defended the kosher laws and how... Læs mere
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This book examines a key tradition in Judaism (the rule that exempts women from 'timebound, positive commandments'), which has served for centuries to stabilize women's roles. Elizabeth Shanks Alexander demonstrates that the rule was not intended to have such consequences.
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In this book, Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how food regulations and practices helped to construct the identity of early rabbinic Judaism. Bringing together... Læs mere
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This book explores the history of Jewish eating and identity, from the Bible to the present. It pays attention to Jewish eating laws (halakha) in each time and place, but also looks at Jews who eat like Romans or Christians regardless of the law.
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Investigating Jewish spatial practices by exploring the symbol of the house in Judaism, this book examines two groups of houses: ritual objects based on the iconology of the house (ritual houses) and house metaphors (the text, community and the covenant with god as house).