Jewish Questions : : Responsa on Sephardic Life in the Early Modern Period / / Matt Goldish.

In Jewish Questions, Matt Goldish introduces English readers to the history and culture of the Sephardic dispersion through an exploration of forty-three responsa--questions about Jewish law that Jews asked leading rabbis, and the rabbis' responses. The questions along with their rabbinical dec...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Short Biographies of the Hakhamim
  • Part I. Life Among Muslims and Christians
  • Part II. Trade and Other Professions in the Sephardi Diaspora
  • Part III. Life within the Sephardic Community
  • Part IV. Ritual Observance and Jewish Faith in Sephardic Communities
  • Part V. Marriage, Family, and Private Life
  • Bibliography
  • Index