Roni Weinstein, "Joseph Karo and Shaping of Modern Jewish Law: The Early Modern Ottoman and Global Settings"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1785278762, 1839992530 | PDF | pages: 263 | 7.0 mb
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1785278762, 1839992530 | PDF | pages: 263 | 7.0 mb
The double codes of law composed by R. Joseph Karo during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries mark a watershed in the history of Jewish Halakhah [law]. No further legal project was suggested in later generations. The books suggest a new reading beyond the aspects of positive law. R. Karo continued centuries-
long traditions of Jewish erudition, in tandem with responding to global changes in history of law and legality both in Europe, and mainly in the Ottoman Empire. It is a global reading of Jewish Halakhah and modernization of Jewish culture in general.