The Unique Judicial Vision of Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk : : Selected Discourses in Meshekh Hokhmah and Or Sameah /

The Unique Judicial Vision of Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk : : Selected Discourses in Meshekh Hokhmah and Or Sameah / / Yitshak Cohen; Herbert Basser.

This book analyzes the exceptional normative impact of R. Meir Simcha Hacohen's Biblical commentary, Meshekh Hokhmah, and his halakhic commentary, Or Sameah. It examines the reliance of the poskim on R. Meir Simcha's innovations and hermeneutic methods as well as their view of his interpre...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ASP eBook Package 2016
VerfasserIn:
Cohen, Yitshak,
HerausgeberIn:
Basser, Herbert,
TeilnehmendeR:
Gotlieb, Meshulam
Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Touro University Press
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Physical Description:1 online resource (188 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Midrashic Technique and Legal Creativity in the Meshekh Hokhmah
  • Chapter 2: The Rabbinic Decisors and the Halakhic Material in Or Sameah
  • Chapter 3: Metahalakhic Principles in R. Meir Simcha's Oeuvre
  • Chapter 4: Rabbi Meir Simcha and His Attitude toward Gentiles
  • Index
  • Index of Sources

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