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OverviewHalakhah in the Making offers the first comprehensive study of the legal material found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and its significance in the greater history of Jewish religious law (halakhah). Aharon Shemesh's pioneering study revives an issue long dormant in religious scholarship: namely, the relationship between rabbinic law, as written more than one hundred years after the destruction of the Second Temple, and Jewish practice during the Second Temple. The monumental discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran led to the revelation of this missing material and the closing of a two-hundred-year gap in knowledge, allowing work to begin comparing specific laws of the Qumran sect with rabbinic laws. With the publication of scroll 4QMMT-a polemical letter by Dead Sea sectarians concerning points of Jewish law-an effective comparison was finally possible. This is the first book-length treatment of the material to appear since the publication of 4QMMT and the first attempt to apply its discoveries to the work of nineteenth-century scholars. It is also the first work on this important topic written in plain language and accessible to nonspecialists in the history of Jewish law. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Aharon ShemeshPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Volume: 6 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520259102ISBN 10: 0520259106 Pages: 234 Publication Date: 18 November 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsIlluminating. --Jrnl of Jewish Studies Illuminating. --Journal of Jewish Studies A very welcome and valuable contribution from an accomplished scholar who is superbly competent in both bodies of legal literature. --Journal For the Study of Judaism Illuminating. Journal Of Jewish Studies A very welcome and valuable contribution from an accomplished scholar who is superbly competent in both bodies of legal literature. Journal For The Study Of Judaism Illuminating. --Jrnl of Jewish Studies A very welcome and valuable contribution from an accomplished scholar who is superbly competent in both bodies of legal literature. --Jrnl For the Study of Judaism ""Illuminating."" Journal Of Jewish Studies ""A very welcome and valuable contribution from an accomplished scholar who is superbly competent in both bodies of legal literature."" Journal For The Study Of Judaism Author InformationAharon Shemesh teaches in the Department of Talmud, Bar-Ilan University. He has published widely on the development of Jewish law in antiquity. This book is based on the series of talks he delivered for the Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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