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Herem חרֵֶם and the Concept of Holy War in Traditional Judaism [PDF]
Edinost in Dialog, 2022 Judaism, in its traditional expressions, which are contained in the Torah and Talmud, knows the concept of holy war, which it characterizes in a special way: as a war of destruction under God’s oath – herem. But even the passages of the Pentateuch enable
Benjamin Lülik
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The Participation of God and the Torah in Early Kabbalah
Religions, 2021 All Abrahamic religions have developed hypostatic and semi-divine perceptions of scripture. This article presents an integrated picture of a rich tradition developed in early kabbalah (twelfth–thirteenth century) that viewed the Torah as participating ...
Adam Afterman, Ayal Hayut-man
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Torah Trumps Life: Reflections on Uncivil Religion and Haredi Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Religions, 2023 As if by design, crisis reveals basic structural fault lines. In the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, non-Haredi Jews expressed surprise and even outrage about the ultra-orthodox Haredi response to the pandemic.
Zachary J. Braiterman
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The Essence of Western-Christian Influence in Talmudic Legal Tradition [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 This paper examines the interdisciplinary approach of religion and law in the contexts of legal traditions of the world wherein the Talmudic legal tradition has been studied with the core aspects of Western-Christian influence over it.
Mohammad Owais Farooqui +2 more
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Developing new scenarios for water allocation negotiations: a case study of the Euphrates River Basin [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2016 Mismanagement and uneven distribution of water may lead to or increase conflict among countries. Allocation of water among trans-boundary river neighbours is a key issue in utilization of shared water resources.
M. R. Jarkeh, A. Mianabadi, H. Mianabadi
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Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig on Torah: Jewish Teaching versus Law
RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2022 Cohen, Buber, and Rosenzweig were eminent figures in what Buber called a “Jewish renaissance.” I will limit myself to their relation to two basic Jewish concepts: teaching , i.e., the theoretical, theological part of the tradition, and law , i.e., the ...
Hartwig Wiedebach
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Censorship: Books, the Halakhah, and Jewish Continuity, A Synoptic Overview
Cromohs: Cyber Review of Modern Historiography, 2023 Attacks on the Talmud were often motivated by sheer ignorance. That ignorance was not new, nor did it motivate the attacks of the thirteenth century. From late ancient times, Jews had been accused of perverting the biblical text, and how much more were ...
Kenneth Stow
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The Talmud, Torah and Mishna in context [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2019 Torah primarily refers to the first section of the Tanakh–the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, but the term is sometimes also used in the general sense to also include both of Judaism's written law and oral law, encompassing the entire spectrum of ...
Rabbi Yaakov Kuhlmann
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Prześladowania Talmudu w XVIII-wiecznej Rzeczypospolitej [PDF]
The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 2012 In Poland in the 18th century both Jews and Christians were interested in Talmud and its teaching. In Jewish societies the Jews carefully investigated the content of. They also cared about publishing the Talmud and about importing the copies from abroad.
Ks. Robert Dublański
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Hermeneutics of Aristotle and Hermeneutics of Sophists in Terms of Dialogue Philosophy. Part 1
RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2020 The article considers the logical and philosophical doctrine of sophists, which, according to some modern researchers, was more philosophical than their ancient critics recognized. A comparison of the provisions of Aristotle's hermeneutics with preserved
Ilya Dvorkin
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