The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Law

Editors' Introduction Zev Eleff, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, Chaim Saiman Part 1: Reading Foundational Jewish Texts and Law 1 The Theology of Classical Jewish Law: The Written Torah and The Oral Torah DS History, Theology And Authority - Berachyahu Lifshitz 2 How Do the Tannaim Read the Torah? - Elizabeth Shanks Alexander 3 How Does the Talmud Read the Mishnah? - Leib Moscovitz 4 How Do the Rishonim Read the Talmud and the Geonim? - Ephraim Kanarfogel 5 How Do the Codes Read Earlier Rabbinic Texts? - Tirza Y. Kelman 6 How Did the Nos'ei Kelim ("Arms-Bearers") Read Shulhan Arukh? - Noam Samet 7 Questions of Law: The Significance of Rabbinic Responsa for Jewish Law - Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg 8 Rendering the Infinite: Law, Meaning, and Ritual in Classical and Early Modern Jewish Mysticism - Ariel Evan Mayse Part 2: Distinguishing Characteristics of Jewish Law 9 Close, Yet Creative, Reading: Understanding Rabbinic Interpretative Strategies - Elana Stein Hain 10 Halakhah and Aggadah in the Talmud and Post-Talmudic Literature - Suzanne Last Stone 11 Talmud Torah: The Paramount Value of Study in Jewish Law - Ayelet Hoffman Libson 12 Formal Law and its Relationship to Minhag/Takkanot - Marcus Mordecai Schwartz 13 Codification and Other Strategies of Consensus-Building in Jewish Law - Joseph M. Davis 14 Doubt, Stringency, and Leniency in Jewish Law - Shlomo C. Pill 15 Formalism in Jewish Law - Chaim Saiman 16 Jewish Law as a Duty-Based System and Why it Matters - Benjamin Porat Part 3: Jewish Law and Practice in Moderrnity A. Movements and Denominations 17 Modernity, Secularism, and the Transformation of Jewish Law - Leora Batnitzky 18 Jewish Law and Orthodox Law - Adam S. Ferziger 19 Lawmaking in the Conservative Movement: A Balance of Law and Norms - Roberta Rosenthal Kwall 20 North American Reform Judaism and the Halakhah: Guidance versus Governance - Mark Washofsky 21 The Impact of Zionism on Jewish Law - Arye Edrei B. Halakhic Responses to Modernity 22 Halakhic Responses to Modernity: Attitudes Toward Non-Jews in Liberal Societies - Ethan M. Tucker 23 Halakhic Responses to Modernity: The Role of Scientific Findings in Contemporary Jewish Law - Daniel Reifman, Israel Belfer, Rachel Pear 24 Divorce and Agunah: Halakhic Responses to Modernity - Rachel Levmore,and Steven Gotlib 25 Jewish Commercial Law and Modern Political Economy: The Interface of Halakhah and Marketplace Norms- Itamar Rosensweig 26 Jewish Legal Responses to COVID-19 - Shlomo Zuckier C. Halakhah and State 27 What is Jewish Law? A Conceptual View From US Courts - Michael A. Helfand 28 Issur Arkaot and Dina DeMalkhuta Dina: Interrelationships Between Jewish and Secular Legal Systems - Steven H. Resnicoff 29 The Rabbinical Courts of our Generation - Amihai Radzyner D. Halakhah and Personhood 30 Judaism and the Modern Family - Zev Eleff 31 Feticide in Halakhah: Attitudes, Approaches, and Application - Elli Fischer 32 Organ Donation and Brain Death in Jewish Law - Adena Berkowitz