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Theology in the Responsa

Theology in the Responsa

Jacobs, Louis

Paperback

Series: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Judaism

ISBN10: 1904113273
ISBN13: 9781904113270
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Published: Mar 24 2005
Pages: 390
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.43 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Responsa are replies given by prominent rabbinic authorities to questions put to them by other scholars, asking for rulings on specific issues, generally of a practical nature. The responsa literature is thus a repository of the learning and sound sense of some of the greatest rabbinic authorities over a period of more than a thousand years down to the present, and relates to all the countries where Jews have lived. Although most of the emphasis in the responsa literature is undoubtedly on practice, nearly all the great compilations of responsa also contain discussions of a theological nature since changing conditions posed problems for belief as well as practice.

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