The social teaching of rabbinic Judaism / by Jacob Neusner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016

Contributor:

Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish sociology.

Judaism and the social sciences.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Interpersonal relations.

Jewish families--Conduct of life.

Jewish families.

Conflict management--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Conflict management.

Presence of God.

God (Judaism).

Physical Description:

3 volumes ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Summary:

The systematic and orderly presentation of the Halakhah, normative law, of Rabbinic Judaism in its formative age makes its principal statements in response to a program of social reconstruction; it speaks through the details of norms of law about the community, Israel. In the first part of the project, on Corporate Israel and the Individual Israelite we ask where and how the Halakhah sorts out the relationships of the individual and the community. Volume II turns to relationships between Israelites, with particular attention to those that require resolving conflictVolume III raises the third and final question of the social order: God's role in society. For Rabbinic Judaism to be "Israel" means to live in God's kingdom, under God's rule, in a very particular way. That imperative addresses not individuals alone or mainly but, rather, corporate Israel, that is, the entire social order.

Contents:

pt. 1. Corporate Israel and the individual Israelite

pt. 2. Between Israelites

pt. 3. God's presence in Israel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9004122613

9004121900

9004121919

9004122605

OCLC:

46769557