Collected essays: volume ii
Auteur :
Soloveitchik, Haym
Éditeur :
Liverpool University Press
ISBN :
9781786941664
Date de publication :
12 juin 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 4,4 cm
Poids :
816 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this second volume of his essays on the history of halakhah, Haym Soloveitchik grapples with much-disputed topics in medieval Jewish history, including the roots and culture of Early Ashkenaz and its knowledge of the Babylonian Talmud; martyrdom as perceived and practised by Jews under Islam and Christianity; and the interpretation of Maimonides' Mishneh torah