Inheriting the crown in Jewish law : the struggle for rabbinic compensation, tenure, and inheritance rights / Jeffrey I. Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Jeffrey I., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbis (Jewish law).

Rabbis--Selection and appointment.

Rabbis.

Rabbis--Salaries, etc.

Inheritance and succession (Jewish law).

Physical Description:

171 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2006]

Contents:

"A spade for digging"

"The way of Torah is bread with salt"

The throne of honor

"Nowadays the prince of forgetfulness reigns"

The variety of rabbinic emoluments

"These fees embarrass us"

The residence right and the residence ban

"The envy of scholars increases wisdom"

"No better than an outright thief"

Rabbis and schoolteachers : two competitive regimes

"All the same, go and consult them"

Justifications for tenure

Tenure and merit

Alternatives to tenure

The community versus the tenured rabbi

"When will these two old men die?"

The case against inheritance : part one

The case against inheritance : part two

Forging a new consensus for inheritance

Explaining the new consensus : rabbinic posts as property

Inheritance in the modern era.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [125]-163) and index.

ISBN:

157003608X

OCLC:

61758536