Law's dominion: Jewish community, religion, and family in early modern Metz

Jewish History through a Legal Lens -- The Foundations of the Metz Kehillah -- Communal Autonomy and Governance -- Lay and Rabbinic Judicial Authority -- Navigating the Challenges of Multiple Jurisdictions -- Guardianship and Inheritance -- Women, Marriage, and Property.

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主要作者: Berkovitz, Jay R. 1951- (Author)
格式: Print 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Leiden Boston Brill [2020]
In: Studies in Jewish history and culture (volume 60)
Year: 2020
評論:[Rezension von: Berkovitz, Jay R., 1951-, Law's dominion] (2022) (Schechter, Ronald B.)
叢編:Studies in Jewish history and culture volume 60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Metz / 猶太人 / 猶太社區 / 猶太律法 / 歷史 1800-1900
Further subjects:B Jews (France) (Metz) Social life and customs
B Metz (France) Ethnic relations
B Jews (France) (Metz) History 18th century
B Rabbinical courts (France) (Metz) History 18th century
B Jews Cultural assimilation (France) (Metz)
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總結:Jewish History through a Legal Lens -- The Foundations of the Metz Kehillah -- Communal Autonomy and Governance -- Lay and Rabbinic Judicial Authority -- Navigating the Challenges of Multiple Jurisdictions -- Guardianship and Inheritance -- Women, Marriage, and Property.
"In Law's Dominion, Jay Berkovitz offers a novel approach to the history of early modern Jewry. Set in the city of Metz, on the Moselle river, this study of a vibrant prerevolutionary community draws on a wide spectrum of legal sources that tell a story about community, religion, and family that has not been told before.Focusing on the community's leadership, public institutions, and judiciary, this study challenges the assumption that Jewish life was in a steady state of decline before the French Revolution. To the contrary, the evidence reveals a robust community that integrated religious values and civic consciousness, interacted with French society, and showed remarkable signs of collaboration between Jewish law and the French judicial system"--
實物描述:XV, 404 Seiten, Karten
ISBN:9004417397