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The Boldness of a Halakhist analyzes the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein (1829-1908), author of the Arukh Hashulkhan, a bold and unusual approach to Jewish law. Based primarily on the original text of Rabbi Epstein's legal codes and homilies, this work covers topics such as women, modernity, customs, and secular studies. It analyzes the rabbi's approach to Jewish law and Jewish life, designed to promote the spiritual welfare of Jews under the pressures of growing secularization and Russification. Although based upon the principles of the traditional judicial process, the rabbi's rulings demonstrate a profound understanding of the contemporary social and historical reality facing the Jews of Russia at the turn of the century.

Jewish law. --- Biblical law --- Civil law (Jewish law) --- Halacha --- Halakha --- Halakhah --- Hebrew law --- Jews --- Law, Hebrew --- Law, Jewish --- Law, Mosaic --- Law in the Bible --- Mosaic law --- Torah law --- Law, Semitic --- Commandments (Judaism) --- Law --- Epstein, Jehiel Michael ben Aaron Isaac, --- Epstein, Jechiel Michel, --- Epshṭain, Yeḥiʼel Mikhl ben Aharon Yitsḥaḳ, --- Epsṭain, Yeḥiʼel Mikhl ben Aharon Yitsḥaḳ, --- Epshṭain, Yeḥiʼel Mikhal, --- Epshṭeyn, Yeḥiʼel Mikhl, --- Epshṭeyn, Yeḥiʼel Mikhal, --- Epstein, Yechiel Mechel Halevi, --- Epstein, Yechiel Michel, --- Arukh Hashulhan, --- Aruch ha-Shulchan, --- עפשטײן, יחיאל מיכל בן אהרן יצחק, --- עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל --- עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל בן אהרן, --- עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל בן אהרן יצחק, --- עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל, --- עפשטיין, יחיאל מיכל, הלוי, --- Teachings.

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Deviancy in Early Rabbinic Literature deals with the status of those groups and individuals who, for various reasons, appear to have no place in mainstream Rabbinic Jewish society, or may be perceived by that society as posing a threat to its norms and to its very existence. The book examines the thoughts and attitudes of the Rabbis set forth in various sections of the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud. Deviant groups studied include witches, prostitutes, Gentiles, bastards, Nazirites, soldiers, Kutites, the disabled and the menstruous woman. Social anthropological methodologies are used to provide a unique perspective on the implicit message of the redactors of these Rabbinic texts, and to make these important texts equally accessible to both scholars and laymen interested in acquiring a deeper understanding of these important issues.

Deviant behavior in rabbinical literature --- Rabbinical literature --- Women in rabbinical literature --- 296*23 --- Women in the Talmud --- 296*23 Talmudcommentaren --- Talmudcommentaren --- History and criticism --- Talmud --- Talmud Bavli --- Babylonian Talmud --- Talmud, Babylonian --- Talmud Vavilonskiĭ --- Talmoed, Babylonische --- Babylonische Talmoed --- Shas --- Shishah sedarim --- Talmud of Babylonia --- Talmud de Babilonia --- Talmud Babli --- Talmouth --- Talmod --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Deviant behavior in rabbinical literature. --- Women in rabbinical literature. --- History and criticism.

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While the oft-"ed saying "the more things change, the more they stay the same" seems to aptly describe the nature of social life, the reverse may be equally accurate: the more things stay the same, the more they change. Indeed, the recognized institutions of human society, of which religion is a primary example, are both sources of stability and continuity as well as innovation and change. The dynamics of Jewish religious continuity and change are presented in this book through a group of distinguished scholars from the fields of sociology, history, medicine, religion, and Jewish studies examining key cases and themes in religious life, emphasizing illustrations of the maintenance of tradition and facing of trends pressing for transformation. This volume demonstrates the importance of case studies and historical, ideological, and philosophical surveys in understanding the actions of individual, organizational or communal actors attempting to create, maintain, or disrupt religious institutions, across geographical boundaries and time frames. This research has the potential not only to positively affect scholarly discussions, but also to generate greater understanding and dialogue among those who study Jewish life and those who work in Jewish organizations and live and function in religious communities. Indeed, the book brings a sophisticated understanding of Jewish law, religious texts, communities and institutions, of the interplay of internal and external social and ideological forces, of the impact of organizations, and of the potential for individuals and groups to shape their religious environments.

Judaism --- Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- History

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This book provides a new conceptual and methodological framework for the social scientific study of Mishnah, as well as a series of case studies that apply social science perspectives to the analysis of Mishnah's evidence. The framework is one that takes full account of the historical and literary-historical issues that impinge upon the use of Mishnah for any scholarly purposes beyond philological study, including social scientific approaches to the materials. Based on the framework, each chapter undertakes, with appropriate methodological caveats, an avenue of inquiry open to the social scientist that brings to bear social scientific questions and modes of inquiry to Mishnaic evidence.

Judaism and culture. --- Religion and sociology. --- Social history. --- Jewish Cultural Studies. --- Sociology of Religion. --- Social History. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- History --- Sociology --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Culture and Judaism --- Culture --- Judaism and humanism. --- Humanism and Judaism --- Humanism --- Humanistic Judaism