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Controversy and Dialogue in the Jewish Tradition: A Reader book cover

1st Edition

Controversy and Dialogue in the Jewish Tradition A Reader

Edited By Hanina Ben-Menahem, Neil Hecht, Shai Wosner Copyright 2005
464 Pages
by Routledge

464 Pages
by Routledge
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Controversy is the main instrument by which Judaism develops and shapes its philosophy, theology and law. The rabbinical literature speaks with many voices, debating virtually every subject, and failing to reach a consensus on many. However, this willingness to condone controversy is accompanied by much deliberation. Controversy, and its legal, philosophical and social ramifications, was and... Read more

Interpretative Essay.  List of Passages  1. Controversy is the Way of the Torah  1.1 Controversy Should not be Multiplied  2. The Conduct of a Controversy: Etiquette and Rules of Debate  3. Controversy and Truth  3.1 Seventy Facets to the Torah  4. Controversy and Uniformity of Practice  4.1 The 'Do Not Form Factions' Prohibition and its Rationales  4.2 Who is Bound by the Prohibition?  4.3 The Distinction Between Two Courts and One Court  4.4 'Do Not Form Factions' as Applied to Different Communities  4.5 The Distinction between Law and Custom  5. Controversy and Social Harmony  6. The Origins of Halakhic Controversy

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Hanina Ben-Menahem, Neil S. Hecht

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