Joseph Karo and shaping of modern Jewish law : the early modern Ottoman and global settings / by Roni Weinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinstein, Roni, author.

Series:

Anthem Intercultural Transfer Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, 1488-1575.

Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim.

Jewish law--History--16th century.

Jewish law.

Jewish law--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2022.

Summary:

The double codes of law composed by R. Joseph Karo during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries mark a watershed in the history of Jewish Halakhah (law). No further legal project was suggested in later generations. The books suggest a new reading beyond the aspects of positive law. R. Joseph Karo continued centuries-long traditions of Jewish erudition, in tandem with responding to global changes in history of law and legality both in Europe, and mainly in the Ottoman Empire. It is a global reading of Jewish Halakhah and modernization of Jewish culture in general.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: Methodology, Questions, and Scope

Chapter One The Importance of Being Canonized

Chapter Two The Preamble to Beit Yosef: Manifesto of a Jurist

Chapter Three "Maran" [Our Master] Joseph Karo

Chapter Four Semikhah Polemics in Safed: Establishing a Guild of Jurists

Chapter Five R. Karo in Safed: Establishing a Dominant Status

Chapter Six Law and Mysticism: An Envitable Encounter

Chapter Seven "Provide Me with the Reasoning for your Verdict": The Prestige and Status of Jewish Courts

Chapter Eight Establishing an International Court of Law

Chapter Nine Summary: Scope and Perspectives

Bibliographical List

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Dec 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781785278778

1785278770

9781785278785

1785278789

OCLC:

1333082042