How Do We Know This?
Author | : Jay M. Harris |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0791421449 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780791421444 |
Rating | : 4/5 (444 Downloads) |
Download or read book How Do We Know This? written by Jay M. Harris and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of rabbinic legal interpretation (midrash) in Judaisms rabbinic, medieval, and modern periods. It shows how the rise of Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Judaism in the modern period is tied to distinct attitudes toward the classical Jewish heritage, and specifically, toward rabbinic midrash halakah.