Week 1: Introduction to the History and Literary Sources of Jewish Law:
Required Reading (BA and MA)
Elon, M., "Mishpat Ivri", article in Encyclopedia Judaica vol. XII:109ff., sections on "The Different Periods of Jewish Law" (121-123), "The Evolution of Jewish Law" (129-131), "The Era of Emancipation" (139-141), "The Period of Jewish National Awakening" (141-145), with cross-references to other articles in the Encyclopedia (Folio Theol.Ref. 296/E27)
Required Reading (MA)
N.S. Hecht, B.S. Jackson et al., An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law, Oxford University Press, 1996, 19-24, 101-103, 114-124, 169-180, 197-214, 271-284, 299-307, 323-325, 337-342, 359-362, 379-380 (349.33/H16; Short loan)
Further Reading
"Codification and Restatement", The Jewish Law Annual 2 (1979), Pt 1, articles by Chigier, Hoenig, Jackson (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
"Mishneh Torah Studies", The Jewish Law Annual 1 (1978), Pt 1, articles by Cohn, Friedman, Dienstag, Rabinovitch (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
Blidstein, G.J., "Halakhah - The Governing Norm", Jewish Political Studies 8:1-2 (1996), 37-80 (photocopies)
Cohn, H.H., "The Lesson of Jewish Law for Legal Change", in N. Rakover, ed., Jewish Law and Current Legal Problems (Jerusalem: Library of Jewish Law, 1984), 15-28 (on order)
Cohn, H.H., "Evidence", in Encyclopedia Judaica vol. VI:991-998 (Folio Theol.Ref. 296/E27)
Cohn-Sherbok, D., "Law in Reform Judaism: A Study of Solomon Freehof", The Jewish Law Annual 7 (1988), 198-209 (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
Elon, M., Jewish Law, History, Sources, Principles (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1994), vol.I pp.6-13, 34-45, Vol. III (Blue 4, 349.33/E1)
Dorff, E.N., and A. Rosett, A Living Tree, State University of New York Press, 1988, pp.54-82, 258-302, Short loan: 349.33/B2
Freehof, S., The Responsa Literature, 1955, Blue 4, 296/F78
Haas, P.J., "The Emergence of Rabbinic Legal Rhetoric: The Sheelot uteshuvot Genre", in E.A. Goldman, ed., The Jerusalem 1994 Conference Volume (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996: Jewish Law Association Studies, VIII), pp.43-54 (on order)
Hecht, N.S., Jackson, B.S. et al., An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law, Oxford University Press, 1996, 19-24, 101-103, 114-124, 169-180, 197-214, 271-284, 299-307, 323-325, 337-342, 359-362, 379-380 (349.33/H16; Short loan)
Jacob, W., "Solomon B. Freehof and the Halachah", in S. Freehof, Reform Responsa for our Time (Hebrew Union College Press, 1977), ix-xxvii
Kirschenbaum, A., "The Role of Punishment in Jewish Criminal Law: A Chapter in Rabbinic Penological Thought", The Jewish Law Annual 9 (1991), 123-144 (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
Passamaneck, S.M., "Physical Violence in Karo's Shukhan Arukh", The Jewish Law Annual 9 (1991), 5ff, esp. 40-44 (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
Passamaneck, S.M.., "Halacha, Law Enforcement and the Modern World", in E.A. Goldman, ed., The Jerusalem 1994 Conference Volume (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996: Jewish Law Association Studies, VIII), pp.100-128 (on order)
Rabinowitz, J.J., Jewish Law. Its Influence on the Development of Legal Institutions, New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1956 (not in JRULM; ask BSJ)
Rakover, N., Modern Applications of Jewish Law, Vol. I pp. 423-451 (Jerusalem: Library of Jewish Law, 1992, 2 vols.), Short Loan 349.33/R3
Rayner, J.D., Jewish Religious Law. A Progressive Perspective (New York: Berghahn Books, 1998) (on order)
Resp. of R. Israel b. Petahiah Isserlein, sec.2 no.210, in Bazak J. and S.M. Passamaneck, Jewish Law and Jewish Life, Book 7, Green 3, 349.33/B2
Resp. of R. Simon b. Zemah Duran, sec.3 no.168, in Bazak J. and S.M. Passamaneck, Jewish Law and Jewish Life, Book 7), Green 3, 349.33/B2
Sherira Gaon, "Letter", in A Treasury of Responsa, ed. S.B. Freehof (Ktav, 1973, reprinted with The Responsa Literature), 3-12 (BSJ)
The Responsa anthology [selected and translated] by Avraham Yaakov Finkel. - Northvale, N.J.; London: Jason Aronson, 1990, Blue 4, 296/F213
Urbach, E.E., The Halakhah: Its Sources and Development.
Ramat-Gan, Israel: Massada, 1986 Short Loan: 296.42/U1
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