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15 volumes in this series were published between 1985 and 2006 by Scholars Press then Global Academic Publishing. From 2007 an enhanced series, including member monographs, will be published, some volumes by the Association directly, others via University Press of America.

Three volumes are scheduled for publication in 2007: The Boston 2004 Conference Volume; Jewish Commercial Law and Essays in Medieval Halakhah.

Paid-up members receive one volume per year as part of their membership benefits. A generous discount offer on back volumes is currently available to paid-up members; for details, click here.

Non-members and institutional purchasers should write to Bernard Jackson for ordering details. Discounts are available to institutional purchasers placing standing orders for the series.

Jewish Law Association Studies I

The Touro Conference Volume
Edited by B. S. Jackson

Preface
1. Yaakov Elman, Red Zadok Hakohen of Lublin on Prophecy in the Halakhic Process
2. David Fink, The Corporate Status of Hekdesh in Early Sefardic Responsa
3. Steven F. Friedell, Jewish Divorce in American Courts: The New York Experience
4. Joseph B. Glaser, A New/Old Look at the Fifth Amendment: Some Help from the Past
5. Alexander Guttmann, Participation of the Common People in Pharisaic and Rabbinic Legislative Processes
6. G. Libson, The Use of a Sacred Object in the Administration of a Judicial Oath
7. David Novak, The Marital Status of Jews Married under Non-Jewish Auspices
8. S. M. Passamaneck, The Use of Excessive Force by a Peace Officer: One Halakhic Opinion
9. Daniela Piattelli, Get and Get Shihrur
10. Nahum Rakover, Coercion in Conjugal Relations
11. Sylvan Jay Schaffer, Dina Demalkhuta Dina
13. Abraham Terian, Some Stock Arguments for the Magnanimity of the Law in Hellenistic Jewish Apologetics
Abstracts:
D. Cohn-Sherbok, Problems of Establishing Criteria of Halakhah in Reform Judaism
Jean Jofen, The Jewish Law of Usury as Seen in Elizabethan Literature
Shlomo Riskin, The Moredet: A Study of the Rebellious Wife and her Status in Initiating Divorce in Jewish Law
A. Yuter, The Okhnai Oven and the Law: Talmudic Judaism's Response to Natural Law

ISBN: 0-89130-732-X, Pp. viii + 155, 1985.

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Jewish Law Association Studies II

The Jerusalem Conference Volume
Edited by B. S. Jackson

1. Alexander Rofé, Methodological Aspects of the Study of Biblical Law
2. L.E. Goodman, The Biblical Laws of Diet and Sex
3. Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reproof as a Requisite for Punishment in the Law of the Dead Sea Scrolls
4. Albert I. Baumgarten, R. Yohanan and Resh Lakish on Anonymous Mishnayot
5. Dov. I. Frimer, Israel, the Noahide Laws and Maimonides: Jewish-Gentile Legal Relations in Maimonidean Thought
6. Y. Kahana, N. Munk, and M. Slae, Estimating Bodily Damages According to Jewish Law: A Comparative Legal Study
7. D.B. Sinclair, Law and Mortality in Halakhic Bioethics
8. Y. Meron, The Contemporary Encounter between Jewish and Moslem Law
Abstracts:
E. J. Wiesenberg, Exogamy or Moloch Worship
S. M. Passamaneck, Shulhan Arukh Hoshen Mishpat 189-240: The Uniformity and Reliability of a Printed Text
M. Drori, The Effect of Modern Techniques of Fertility on Jewish Family Law

Pp. viii + 200, 1986

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Jewish Law Association Studies III

The Oxford Conference Volume
Edited by A. M. Fuss

1. Bernard S. Jackson, Some Semiotic Questions for Biblical Law
2. Jacob Bazak, Judicial Ethics in Jewish Law
3. Nahum Rakover, Ethical Standards for Public Servants in Jewish Law
4. Daniela Piattelli, The Fugitive Slave in the Legislation of the Ancient Near East and as Elaborated in Rabbinic Jurisprudence
5. S. M. Passamaneck, Notes on Violence and Combative Behavior in Jewish Law
6. J. David Bleich, Artificial Heart Implantation
7. Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Euthanasia and Reform Judaism
8. David Novak, The Legal Question of the Investigation of Converts
9. Bernard J. Meislin, The Role of the Ten Commandments in American Judicial Decisions

Pp. viii + 209, 1987

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Jewish Law Association Studies IV

The Boston Conference Volume
Edited by B. S. Jackson

1. John W. Welch, Chiasmus in Biblical Law: An Approach to the Structure of Legal Texts in the Bible
2. Judith Romney Wegner, Public Man, Private Woman: The Sexuality Factor and the Personal Status of Women in Mishnaic Law
3. Joseph A. Polak, Some Social and Societal Implications of the Laws of Witnesses
4. Arthur Gross Schaefer, Reality of Consent
5. Eberhard Klingenberg, The Roman Imperial Legislation Prohibiting Jews from Owning Gentile Slaves
6. David Novak, Maimonides and the Science of Law
7. S. M. Passamaneck, The Berure Averot and the Administration of Justice in XIII and XIV-Century Spain
8. Daniel B. Sinclair, Conversion to Judaism in the Responsa of Post-Emancipation European Authorities
9. Nahum Rakover, The "Law" and the Noahides
10. Aaron Lichtenstein, Who Cares about the Seven Laws of Noah?: A Status Report

ISBN 1-55540-433-2, Pp. iv + 190, 1990.

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Jewish Law Association Studies V

The Halakhic Thought of R. Isaac Herzog
Edited by B. S. Jackson

1. Chaim Herzog, Foreword
2. Shear-Yashuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi Herzog: Master Jurist and Gaon
3. Zorach Warhaftig, Rabbi Herzog and Rabbinic Legislation
4. Dov. I. Frimer, Jewish Law and Science in the Writings of R. Isaac Halevy Herzog
5. Ben Tzion Greenberger, Rabbi Herzog's Proposals for Takkanot: In Matters of Inheritance
6. Ben Tzion Greenberger, Rabbi Isaac Herzog's Theory of Torah and State

ISBN 1-55540-609-2, Pp. 125, 1991.

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Jewish Law Association Studies VI

The Jerusalem 1990 Conference Volume
Edited by B. S. Jackson and S. M. Passamaneck

1. Jacob Bazak, Res Judicata and the Authority of Arbitrators and Law Courts to Amend or to Change their Award in Jewish Law
2. Eliezer Ben-Shlomo, The Duty to Save Life in Jewish Law and the Rulings of the Supreme Court of Israel
3. Elchanan H. Blumenthal, Notes on Some Psychological Aspects of Biblical and Rabbinic Jurisprudence
4. Moshe Chigier, Compensation for Loss of Profit Resulting from Breach of Contract in Jewish Law
5. Elliot N. Dorff, A Methodology for Jewish Medical Ethics
6. Mordechai Halperin, The Legal Significance of the Decision of the Chief Rabbinate Council on Heart Transplants in Israel
7. Bernard S. Jackson, Practical Wisdom and Literary Artifice in the Covenant Code
8. Ya'akov Meron, An Eye for an Eye: A Comment
9. S. M. Passamaneck, Reflections on Reasonable Cause in Halakhah
10. Nahum Rakover, Violation of the Law in Order to Preserve it: Gedolah Averah Lishmah
11. Judith Romney Wegner, The Power to Render a Lenient Ruling: "Koah dehetera adif"
12. Eliav Shochetman, Attah Konanta Mesharim: God and King in the Theocratic Jurisprudence of Ancient Israel

ISBN 1-55540-684-X, Pp. 178, 1992.

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Jewish Law Association Studies VII

The Paris Conference Volume
Edited by S. M. Passamaneck and M. Finley

1. Michael J. Broyde, Child Custody in Jewish Law: A Pure Analysis
2. Sandra Burman and Sally Frankenthal, A Socio-Legal Study of Mamzerut in a South African City
3. Shear Yashuv Cohen, The Judiciary and Exegetical Approaches of Rashi and Maimonides
4. Michael Corinaldi, Conversion of Minors
5. Arnold Enker, Mistake of Law and Ignorance of Law in Jewish Criminal Law
6. Ze'ev W. Falk, Religion and State: The Israeli Experience
7. Abraham M. Fuss, A Question of "Comity" in Rabbinic Law
8. Bernard S. Jackson, The Prophet and the Law in Early Judaism and the New Testament
9. Ya'akov Meron, Rashi Today
10. David Novak, Is There a Concept of Individual Rights in Jewish Law?
11. Stephen M. Passamaneck, R. Judah b. Asher on Capital Penalties
12. Joseph A. Polak, Forgiving the Germans: Paradigms and Dialectics from Halakhah
13. Nahum Rakover, Self-Defence and "Necessity"
14. Harry Reicher, The Interface of Halakhah and the Secular Legal System:The Australian Experience
15. Joseph Rivlin, The Formularies in Jewish Documents: Ethics and Law
16. Elimelech Westreich, Legal Reasoning in Jewish Law: The Case of the Melamed
17. Peter S. Zaas, Paul and the Halakhah: Dietary Laws for Gentiles in I Corinthians

ISBN 1-55540-890-0, Pp. viii + 245, 1994.

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Jewish Law Association Studies VIII

The Jerusalem 1994 Conference Volume
Edited by E.A. Goldman

1. Jacob Bazak, The Legal Status of the Fetus in Jewish Halacha and in Israeli Law
2. Miriam Ben Zeev, Did the Jews Enjoy a Priviledged Position in the Roman World?
3. Michael J. Broyde, Assisting in a Violation of Noachide Law
4. Seymour J. Cohen, The United States Constitution and the Jewish Community:The Recalcitrant Husband and the Chained Woman (Agunah)
5. Shear-Yashuv Cohen, The Halachic and Legal Aspects of Enforcement of Divorce in Israel (An Abstract)
6. Michael Corinaldi, Continuing Apostasy According to Halacha and the Law of Return
7. Peter J. Haas, The Emergence of Rabbinic Legal Rhetoric: The Sheelot Utheshuvot Genre
8. Moshe Ish-Horowicz, Righteousness (Tsedek) and its Significance in Judaism
9. Eberhard Klingenberg, Justinian's Novellae Concerning the Jews
10. Stephen M. Passamaneck, Halacha, Law Enforcement and the Modern World
11. Nahum Rakover, The One vs. the Many in Life and Death Situations
12. Joseph Rivlin, The Power of a Promissory Note is Greater then the Force of Legislation
13 Meir Seidler, Isaac Breuer's Concept of Law
14 Daniel Sinclair, Patients Self-Determination and Advance Directives
15 Hannah G. Sprecher, Diabolus Ex-Machina: An Unusual Case of Yuhasin
16 David A. Thomas, Instructive Comparisons Between Jewish and Anglo-American Land Law
17 Peter S. Zaas, What Comes Out of a Person Is What Makes a Person impure: Jesus as Sadducee

ISBN 1-7885-0155-0, Pp. viii + 226, 1996.

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Jewish Law Association Studies IX

The London 1996 Conference Volume
Edited by E.A. Goldman

1. Jacob Bazak, People Usually Don't Watch Their Steps on the Roads
2. Leah Bornstein-Makovetsky, Rabbinic Scholarship: The Development of Halakhah in Turkey, Greece and the Balkans, 1750-1900
3. David M. Cobin, Jews and the Medieval Slave Trade: The Law and its Historical Context
4. Elliot N. Dorff, "Legislated Spiritual Disciplines:" Jacob Agus' Philosophy of Jewish Law
5. Hillel Gamoran, The Tosefta in Light of the Law Against Usury
6. Ben Tzion Greenberger, Mental Capacity and the Deathbed Will
7. Moshe Ish-Horowicz, The Problem of Iggun and its Solutions
8. Jonathan M. Lewis, Insolvency in Jewish Law
9. David Novak, Parental Rights in the Marriage of a Minor
10. Stephen M. Passamaneck, Remarks on Pesquisa in Medieval Jewish Legal Procedure
11. Chaim Poversky, The Law of the Pursuer and the Assassination of Prime Minister Rabin
12. Laurence J. Rabinovich, Hidden Interest and Risk Management in Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean Commerce
13. Nahum Rakover, Preventing Apostasy by Violating the Sabbath
14. Yosef Rivlin, Consecutive Gifts
15. Jeffrey I. Roth, Inheriting the Crown in Jewish Law: The Question of Rabbinic Succession
16. Daniel B. Sinclair, Genetics and Jewish Law
17. Hannah Geldwerth-Sprecher & Stanley Sprecher, Refusing the Milk of Human Kindness
18. Peter Zaas, The (Double) Vision of the Divine Picnic (Acts 10:1- 11:18): The History of New Testament Kashrut III

ISBN 1-7885-0418-5, Pp. viii + 301, 1997.

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Jewish Law Association Studies X

The Jerusalem 1998 Conference Volume
Edited by H.G. Sprecher

1. Jacob Bazak, Is A Consequence Considered "Intended," When It Is Foreseen As Highly Probable?: A Comparative Study in Halakha and in Modern Criminal Law
2. Yehuda Cohen, The Foundation of Law Act
3. Herbert Druks, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press and Henry Ford
4. Jonathan Fisher, Prohibitions Against Fraudulent Conduct in Jewish Law
5. Aharon Gaimani, The Rabbinical Court of Sa'da in Northern Yemen
6. Arthur Gross Schaefer, Illegal Agreements: Does the Clean Hands Doctrine Really Make Sense?
7. Rivka Katz, Justice, Law and Morality
8. Ron Klainman, Conflicts of Interest of Public Officials in Jewish Law: Prohibitions, Scope and Limitations
9. Leah Bornstein Makovetsky, The Va'ad Berurei Averot as a Judicial Body in Christian Spain and the Ottoman Empire
10. Stephen M. Passamaneck, Ancient Traces of Investigative Profiling
11. Chaim Povarsky, The Land for Peace Treaty Between Israel and the Palestinians
12. Nahum Rakover, Cloning: Usurping the Creator?
13. Steven H. Resnicoff, Helping a Client Violate Jewish Law: A Jewish Lawyer's Dilemma
14. Yosef Rivlin, Halitzah Stipulations in Engagement Contracts
15. Samuel Wolfman, Legal Aspects of Epilepsy in the Halakha: In Torah Transgressions, in Legal Competence Matters and Matrimonial Matters
16. Peter Zaas & Mary Meany, Adhuc Rarissimus Emptor: A Final Stage of Early Christian Kashrut
Abstracts
Moshe Ish-Horowicz, Halakha Versus Aggadah (Jewish Law Versus Equity)
Osman Zumrut, Influence of Mosaic Law on the Islamic Law

ISBN 1-586840-28-2, Pp. x + 282, 2000.

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Jewish Law Association Studies XI

Law, Judicial Policy and Jewish Identity in the State of Israel
Edited by Daniel B. Sinclair

1. Daniel B. Sinclair, Introduction
2. Amnon Rubinstein, The State of Israel as a Jewish State
3. Z. Warhaftig, Who is a Jew?
4. Beresford v. Minister of the Interior
5. Pinhas Shifman, On Conversions Not in Accordance with Halakhah
6. Asher Maoz, Who is a Jew? Much Ado About Nothing
7. Miller v. Minister of the Interior
8. Shas v. Director of the Population Authority
9. Pessaro (Goldstein) v. Minister of the Interior
10. Avraham Shapira, Establishing the Jewish Identity of a New Immigrant for Marriage Purposes
Index of Sources


ISBN 1-586840-89-4, Pp. x + 240, 2000.

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Jewish Law Association Studies XII

The Zutphen Conference Volume
Edited by H. Gamoran

1. Jacob Bazak, Compromise vs. Adjudication in Jewish Law
2. J. David Bleich, Constructive Agency in Religious Divorce: An Examination of Get Zikkuy
3. Sherman L. Cohn, Teaching Jewish Law in a Secular American Law School
4. Jonathan Fisher, Entrapment in Jewish Law
5. Joseph Fleishman, A Father's Versus a Husband's Authority to Annul a Vow (Numbers 30:4-17)
6. Hillel Gamoran, Lending - No, Investing - Yes: Development of the Iska Law from the 12th to the 15th Centuries
7. Moshe Ish-Horowicz, Some Aspects of Theodicy: The Flood and the Holocaust
8. Bernard S. Jackson, Moredet: Problems of History and Authority
9. Stephen M. Passamaneck, The Shoter
10. Nahum Rakover, Should Transgression Disqualify One from Public Office?
11. Steven H. Resnicoff, Jewish Fraudulent Transfer Law
12. Yosef Rivlin, Incarceration for Non-Payment of Debts
13. Elimelech Westreich, The Rise and Decline of the Law of the Rebellious Wife in Medieval Jewish Law
14. Samuel Wolfman, Mental Disease in Divorce Law in the Responsa Literature and in Rabbinical Court Rulings in Israel

ISBN 1-58684-180-7, 2002, Pp. x + 252.

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Jewish Law Association Studies XIII

Jewish Family Law in Israel
Edited by M.D.A.. Freeman

Michael Freeman, Introduction
Pinhas Shifman, Civil Marriage in Israel: The Case for Reform
Eliav Shochetman, On the Introduction of Civil Marriage in the State of Israel
Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Expressions of Legal Pluralism in Israel:The Interaction Between the High Court of Justice and Rabbinical Courts in Family Matters and Beyond
Michael Corinaldi, The Remedy of Temporary Separation between Husband and Wife, as Reflected in the Decisions of Rabbinical Courts
Menashe Shawa, Maintenance of Minor Children in Jewish and Positive Law
She'ar-Yashuv Cohen, A Violent and Recalcitrant Husband's Obligation to Pay Ketubah and Maintenance
Index of Sources

ISBN 1-58684-183-1, 2002, Pp. ix + 373

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Jewish Law Association Studies XIV

The Jerusalem 2002 Conference Volume
Edited by Hillel Gamoran

1. Aaron Kirschenbaum, Teaching and Researching Jewish Law in Israeli Law Schools (Presidential Address)
2. Jacob Bazak, The Element of Intention in the Performance of Mitsvot Compared to the Element of Intention in Current Criminal Law
3. Leah Bornstein-Makovetsky, The Halakhic Decisions of the Sages of Aleppo During the 16th-18th Centuries
4. David Elgavish, Extradition of Fugitives in International Relations in the Ancient Near East
5. Joseph Fleishman, Exodus 22:15-16 and Deuteronomy 22:28-29 - Seduction and Rape? Or Elopement and Abduction Marriage?
6. Aharon Gaimani, Between the Aden and Sana Rabbinical Courts: On a Nineteenth Century Inheritance Dispute
7. Hillel Gamoran, How the Rishonim Met the Clash Between Credit Sales and the Law Against Usury
8. Michael Hellinger, The Emerging Definition of the Poverty Line in Jewish Law
9. Bernard S. Jackson, Some Reflections on Family Law in the Papyri
10. Ya'akov Meron, Dower in Moslem and Jewish Law
11. Joseph A. Polak, Some Aspects of the Appearance of Impropriety (Mar'it Ayin) in Jewish Law
12. Laurence J. Rabinovich, Utilizing Business Records to Prove a Claim: Empiricism, Rationalism and the Rules of Evidence
13. Nahum Rakover, Privacy: Injury Caused by Unwanted Observation (Hezek Re'iyah)
14. Yosef Rivlin, The Evolution of the Clause for Fines in Jewish Legal Contracts
15. Elimelech Westreich, A Western View of Eastern Marriage: Comments on the Nusrat Shaulian v
Sultana Shaulian Decision

ISBN 1-58684-099-1, 2003, Pp. vi + 282


Jewish Law Association Studies XV

Jewish Biomedical Law
Edited by Daniel B. Sinclair

INTRODUCTION (DANIEL B. SINCLAIR)
SECTION A: ABORTION
Feticide: The Position of the Jewish Tradition Compared with the Positions of Other Cultures (MOSHE WEINFELD)
The Modern Halakhic Debate Concerning the Abortion of a Fetus Suffering from Tay Sachs Disease: Extracts from the Responsa Penal Law, 5737-1977, s.316

SECTION B: ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
The Legal Status of a Child Born by Artificial Reproductive Techniques Involving Sperm Donation or Egg Donation (MICHAEL CORINALDI)
D. Nahmani v. R. Nahmani et al.
Agreements Relating to the Carrying of Embryos (Approval of the Agreement and the Status of the Offspring) Law, 5756-1996, s.2

SECTION C: CLONING
Cloning of Humans: Scientific, Ethical and Jewish Aspects (ABRAHAM STEINBERG)
Prohibition on Genetic Intervention (Cloning and Germ Line Genetic Therapy) Law, 5759-1999 (amended 5764-2004)

SECTION D: COERCIVE LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL THERAPY AND PATIENT AUTONOMY
Yosef Kurtam v. State of Israel
Patient's Rights Law, 1996, s.15(2)
The Obligation to Heal and Patient Autonomy in Jewish Law, with Some
Comparative Reference to the Common Law (DANIEL B. SINCLAIR)

SECTION E: THE DEFINITION OF DEATH AND CARDIAC TRANSPLANTS
Belker v. State of Israel
Determining the Time of Death (A. STEINBERG)

SECTION F: THE TREATMENT OF THE TERMINALLY ILL
Yael Shefer (a Minor) by her Mother and Natural Guardian, Talila Shefer v. State of Israel
The Report and Draft Law of the Committee Concerning the Terminally Ill Patient (Steinberg Committee), 2002 (DANIEL B. SINCLAIR)

SECTION G: BONE MARROW DONATION
Donation of Bone Marrow: Halakhic Aspects (Rav NAFTALI BAR ILAN)

SECTION H: THE SALE OF ORGANS
The Sale of Organs for Transplantation (Rabbi I.M. LAU)

ISBN 1-58684-261-7, 2005, Pp. x + 305


Jewish Law Association Studies XVI

The Boston 2004 Conference Volume
Edited by Elliot Dorff

1. Michael J. Broyde, Military Ethics in Jewish Law
2. Jonathan Burnside, Rethinking ‘Sexual’ offences in Biblical Law: the Literary Structure of Leviticus 20
3. Elliot N. Dorff, Theories of Jewish Law and Movement Borders
4. David Elgavish, Ya’el, Wife of Heber the Kenite, in Biblical Perspective
5. Bernard S. Jackson, Human Law and Divine Justice in the Methodological Maze of the Mishpatim
6. Ron S. Kleinman, Delivery of Keys (Traditio Clavium) as a Mode of Acquisition: Between Jewish and Roman Law
7. Leonard R. Levy, Alfasi, Sugyan and the Authority of the Stam
8. Laurence J. Rabinovich, The Judge As Educator?: Codes, Commentaries and Court Decisions
9. Steven H. Resnicoff, Keeping One’s Word in Commercial and Non-Commercial Contexts
10. Yosef Rivlin, Moda’ah and Bittul Moda’ah (Notification and its Cancellation) in Jewish Law
11. Avinoam Rosenak, Ritual, Halakhah and Culture: On the Indispensability of Norms
12. Haim Shapira, The Law of the Pursuer (Rodef) and the Source of Self-Defense: An Analysis of the Talmudic Sources
13. Itamar Warhaftig, Contract Laws: Religious Law or Social Law?
14. Michael Wygoda, Organ Selling, Jewish Law and Israeli Law
15. Peter S. Zaas, Spiritus Ex Machina. Jewish Legal Aspects of the Matthean Birth Narrative

ISBN 978-0-9528938-5-1 (hardback), 978-0-9528938-6-8 (paperback), 2007, Pp. vi + 302.
Price: £45.00 hardback, £25.00 paperback (plus postage): order via Deborah Charles Publications' secure Order Form

 

BulletpointJewish Law Association Studies XVII

Studies in Mediaeval Halakhah in honor of Stephen M. Passamaneck
Edited by Alyssa Gray and Bernard Jackson

1. Dvora E. WEISBERG, Dr Stephen Passamaneck: An Appreciation
2. Judith BASKIN, Male Piety, Female Bodies: Men, Women, and Ritual Immersion in Medieval Ashkenaz
3. Leah BORNSTEIN-MAKOVETSKY, The Attitude of Jewish Scholars to Jewish Conversion to Islam and Christianity during the Last Century of the Ottoman Empire
4. Michael CHERNICK, Polysemous Sugyot as a Source of Rishonic
Debates about Normative Halakhah
5. David ELLENSON, The Talmudic Principle, If One Come Forth to Slay You, Forestall by Slaying Him in Israeli Public Policy: A Responsum by Rabbi Hayyim David Halevi
6. Yaakov ELMAN, The Socioeconomics of Babylonian Heresy
7. Abraham M. FUSS, Duress and Moda'ah in the Law of Sales
8. Aharon GAIMANI, Rabbi Yitsak Alfasi in the literature of Yemenite Jews
9. Hillel GAMORAN, From R. Judah bar Ilai to the Heter Iska
10. Alyssa GRAY, Married Women and Tsedaqah in Medieval Jewish Law: Gender and the Discourse of Legal Obligation
11. Bernard S. JACKSON, Medieval Halakhah - Reflections on Periodization and the Problem of the Agunah
12. Aaron D. PANKEN, Revealing Rabbinic Revision: Meikara as a Marker for Legal Change in Talmud Bavli      
13. Yosef RIVLIN, Ethics and Law in Maimonides' Rulings    
14. Mark WASHOFSKY, On the Absence of Method in Jewish        Bioethics: Rabbi Yehezkel Landau on Autopsy
15. Elimelech WESTREICH, Historical Landmarks in the Tradition of Moroccan Jewish Family Law: The Case of Levirate Marriages

ISBN 978-0-9528938-7-5 (hardback), 978-0-9528938-8-2 (paperback), 2007, Pp. vi + 322. Price: £45.00 hardback, £25.00 paperback (plus postage): order via Deborah Charles Publications' secure Order Form

 

 

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