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Halakhah in the making : the development of Jewish law from Qumran to the rabbis / Aharon Shemesh.
LIBRA BM520.52 .S54 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shemesh, Aharon.
- Series:
- Taubman lectures in Jewish studies ; 6.
- S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- The Taubman lectures in Jewish studies ; 6
- [An S. Mark Taper book in Jewish studies]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish law--History--To 1500.
- Jewish law.
- Qumran community.
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.
- Judaism.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 216 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction: in the beginning
- Writing halakhah in Qumran
- Divine revelation and human exegesis; or, how to recognize a false prophet when you see one
- Scripture versus tradition
- "The foundation of the creation" and the "laws written on the heavenly tablets"
- Halakhah from Qumran to the Mishnah: concluding remarks.
- Notes:
- Second series from jacket flap.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780520259102
- 0520259106
- OCLC:
- 277466145
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