Tamar Ross offers an overview of the philosophical challenges that are presented to Orthodox Judaism by the feminist revolution. She seeks to develop a theological response that fully acknowledges the male bias of Judaism's sanctified texts, yet provides a rationale for transfor…
"This study explores talmudic, midrashic, medieval, renaissance, and modern rabbinic works that address the question of the letter-perfect accuracy of the Bible text. It is particularly attentive to the writings of Rabbis Meir Abulafia, Solomon ben Adret, Menahem Meiri, and Davi…
A single-volume introduction to Jewish law, providing essential background information for those encountering the subject area for the first time.
15 distinct periods are separately studied in this volume, each one by a leading specialist, and the emphasis throughout is on the development of the institutions and sources of the law, providing teachers with the essential background material from which a variety of sources, f…
A single-volume introduction to Jewish law, providing essential background information for those encountering the subject area for the first time.
The advent of Islam in the seventh century brought profound economic changes to the Jews living in the Middle East, and Talmudic law, compiled in and for an agrarian society, was ill equipped to address an increasingly mercantile world. In response, and over the course of the se…
