Judaism in a post-halakhic age

Judaism in a post-halakhic age / Jack J. Cohen.

"Judaism in a Post-Halakhic Age tackles the following questions: 1. What is Halakhah and what role has it played in the creative survival of the Jewish people for two millennia? 2. Why is Halakhah no longer capable of functioning as it has until now? 3. What sort of polity and religious culture...

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Main Author: Cohen, Jack, 1919-2012
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010.
Series:Reference library of Jewish intellectual history.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Jewish law.
Judaism > 21st century.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
Jewish law
Judaism
Jüdisches Recht
Jüdische Theologie
Halacha
Judentum
Religiöse Entwicklung
Jüdisches Recht.
Jüdische Theologie.
Moderne.
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Table of Contents:
  • The end of a remarkable era
  • Law and standards in a changing world
  • Is the halakhah viable? A view from Jerusalem
  • Toward an ideology for post-halakhic Jews
  • The halakhah and Jewish identity
  • Halakhah and conversion
  • Halakhah and educative ritual
  • The parameters of Jewish law
  • Reflections on the future.

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