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Is Scripture the Origin of the Halakhah? »

Authors: Jacob Neusner
ISBN-13: 9780761831174, ISBN-10: 0761831177
Format: Paperback
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: February 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jacob Neusner

Book Synopsis

Is Scripture the origin of the Halakhic system, which defines the norms of Judaism? At stake is not the starting point of discrete bits of legal data, but the origin of the comprehensive structure comprised by the Halakhic category-formations. As scripture serves as the natural starting point for inquiries into the origins of Judaism it is quite natural to treat Scripture as the base line and the Halakhic category-formations as the variable when seeking the origin of the system. But what happens when we treat the system as the base line and Scripture as the variable?

1	Category-formations autonomous of scripture	1
2	Category-formations related to scripture but independently articulated	35
3	Category-formations defined by scripture	165
4	Category-formations related to scripture and derivatively amplified by scripture	179
5	Is scripture the origin of the Halakhah?	201