Jurisprudence and Theology In Late Ancient and Medieval Jewish Thought /

• Main Author: David, Joseph E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Studies in the History of Law and Justice, 2
• Subjects: Law.; Religion.; History.; Medieval philosophy.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; History, general.; Medieval Philosophy.; Religious Studies, general.; Philosophy of Law.

The book provides in depth studies of two epistemological aspects of Jewish Law (Halakhah) as the ‘Word of God’ – the question of legal reasoning and the problem of knowing and remembering. - How different are the epistemological concerns of religious-law in comparison to other legal systems? - In w...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction Legal Theory Reconsidered
• Section one: Legal Reasoning
• Halakhic Comparative Jurisprudence
• Error and Tolerance
• Unsettled Disputes
• Judicial Discretion (Shiqqul haDa’at)
• Law and Violence
• Legal Reasoning: Structure and Theology
• Section Two: Knowing and Remembering
• Divine Memory
• Covenantal Memory
• Mission and Memory
• Theorizing Knowledge
• Bibliography
• Index.