Rabbinic and lay communal authority / edited by Suzanne Last Stone.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Stone, Suzanne Last.

Conference Name:

Orthodox Forum (15th : 2003 : New York, N.Y.)

Series:

Orthodox Forum series

The Orthodox forum series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbis--Office--Congresses.

Rabbis.

Authority--Religious aspects--Judaism--Congresses.

Authority.

Jewish leadership--Congresses.

Jewish leadership.

Leadership--Religious aspects--Judaism--Congresses.

Leadership.

Jewish law--Decision making--Congresses.

Jewish law.

Jewish law--Decision making.

Tradition (Judaism)--Congresses.

Tradition (Judaism).

Orthodox Judaism--Congresses.

Orthodox Judaism.

Leadership--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Authority--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Rabbis--Office.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 173 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Michael Scharf Publication Trust of the Yeshiva University Press, [2006]

Contents:

On lay legislation in halakhah : the king as instance / Gerald J. Blidstein

Communal governance, lay and rabbinic : an overview / Aharon Lichtenstein

Charismatic leader, charismatic book : Rabbi Shneur Zalman's Tanya and his leadership / Nehemia Polen

Rav, rosh yeshivah, and kahal / Shaul Stampfer

New conditions and new models of authority : the yoatzot halakhah / Chana Henkin

The role and authority of the rabbi in American society / Chaim I. Waxman

New conditions and models of authority : changing patterns within contemporary Orthodoxy / Steven Bayme

On constructively harnessing tensions between laity and clergy / Marc D. Stern.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and index.

ISBN:

9780881259537

0881259535

OCLC:

77520610