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A study of the legal material found in the "Dead Sea Scrolls" and its significance in the greater history of Jewish religious law (halakhah). It covers the relationship between rabbinic law, as written more than one hundred years after the destruction of the Second Temple, and Jewish practice during the Second Temple.

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"Illuminating." Journal Of Jewish Studies "A very welcome and valuable contribution from an accomplished scholar who is superbly competent in both bodies of legal literature." Journal For The Study Of Judaism

Halakhah in the Making

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 18/11/2009
      ISBN13: 9780520259102, 978-0520259102
      ISBN10: 0520259106
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      Book Synopsis
      A study of the legal material found in the "Dead Sea Scrolls" and its significance in the greater history of Jewish religious law (halakhah). It covers the relationship between rabbinic law, as written more than one hundred years after the destruction of the Second Temple, and Jewish practice during the Second Temple.

      Trade Review
      "Illuminating." Journal Of Jewish Studies "A very welcome and valuable contribution from an accomplished scholar who is superbly competent in both bodies of legal literature." Journal For The Study Of Judaism

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