Rabbinic creativity in the modern Middle East
Zvi Zohar
طبع 1
قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
Rabbinic creativity in the modern Middle East / Zvi Zoharبيانات النشر
لندن : Bloomsbury، 2013مالمواصفات الشكلية
993 p.; 42 cm.الموضوع
Rabbis - Iraq Intellectual lifeRabbis - Syria Intellectual life
Rabbis - Egypt Intellectual life
Rabbinical literature - Middle East History and criticism
مسلسل
(The Robert and Arlene Kogod library of Judaic studies؛ )اللغة
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references and index.
المحتويات
New Horizons: aspects of the halakhic creativity of Rabbi Abdallah Somekh -- Iraqi rabbis and Ashkenazic halakhic literature -- The Sephardic halakhic ethos according to Iraqi rabbinic leaders -- Rabbinic scholars of Aleppo in the modern era: conservatism as a core cultural-religious value -- Rabbi Yitzhak Dayyan: a maskil in Aleppo -- A seal of truth which I have sought and loved with all my being: aspects of the halakhic and religious world of Rabbi Shaul-Matloub Abadi -- "There is none like this Arabic language upon the Earth." The Arabic language and oriental culture through the eyes of Rabbi Israel Moshe Hazan -- Rabbinic responses to transformations in the social life of Egyptian Jews -- The synagogue: changes and trends -- Halakha, suicide and social policy -- Rabbanite-Karaite Intermarriage in twentieth-century Egyptian halakha -- Freedom engraved on the tablets