Asaf Yedidya

Halakha and the Challenge of Israeli Sovereignty

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines halakha and the challenge of the Israeli sovereignty. It traces the use and collective recognition of halakhic sources from the late 19th century to the first decades of the establishment of the State of Israel and sheds light on the pliable nature of halakha, particularly in conjunction to the notion of sovereignty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781498534970
• ISBN-10: 149853497X
• Artikelnr.: 55878895

Autorenporträt

Asaf Yedidya is head of the Department of History at Efrata College and a senior lecturer at Ariel University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter One: The Halakha in the Face of Modernity and Zionism
Chapter Two: The Shmita Debate of 5649 (1888-9) Chapter Three: "Government
in the Spirit of the Talmud": The Pioneering Discussion of Zeev Jawitz
Chapter Four: The Balfour Declaration and the Pioneering Debate on Halakha
and the Challenge of Sovereignty Chapter Five: The Age of Jurists Chapter
Six: The Rabbinical Debate on the Eve of the Establishment of the State of
Israel and in its Early Years Chapter Seven: The Younger Generation of
Zionist Rabbis Faces the Challenge of Sovereignty Chapter Eight: Religious
Academics and the Challenge of Sovereignty Epilogue Bibliography About the
Author