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Title J. David Bleich : where Halakhah and philosophy meet / edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers ; 13
Library of contemporary Jewish philosophers ; 13.
Contents J. David Bleich: an intellectual portrait / Steven H. Resnicoff -- The Halakhic process / J. David Bleich -- Life as an intrinsic value / J. David Bleich -- Moral debate and semantic sleight of hand / J. David Bleich -- Judaism and natural law /J. David Bleich -- Reflections / J. David Bleich
Summary Rabbi J. David Bleich is Professor of Talmud (Rosh Yeshiva) at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University, as well as the Director of its Postgraduate Institute for the study of Talmudic Jurisprudence and Family Law. In addition, he holds the Herbert and Florence Tenzer Chair of Jewish Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University and is Professor of Law at the Cardozo School of Law. A foremost authority on Jewish law and ethics, he has written extensively on medical ethics, Jewish law and contemporary social issues, and the interface of Jewish law and the American legal system. As the spiritual leader of Congregation B#x92;nai Jehuda in Manhattan, Rabbi Bleich teaches weekly Talmud classes and lectures on Jewish law and philosophy
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Notes Print version record
Subject Bleich, J. David.
SUBJECT Bleich, J. David fast
Subject Jewish law.
Judaism -- 20th century.
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
Jewish law
Judaism
Rabbinical literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava, 1950- editor.
Resnicoff, Steven H.
ISBN 900430178X
9789004301788