{"product_id":"jewish-religious-law-a-progressive-perspective-9781571819758","title":"Jewish Religious Law: A Progressive Perspective","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThis is the first major work on the interrelationship between Liberal Judaism and Rabbinic Law (Halachah) ever to have been produced in Britain, and in Europe since the nineteenth century. It represents a plea for a positive yet forthrightly critical approach to Rabbinic Law in general aswell as to a variety of specific topics such as the language of prayer, the status of women, medical confidentiality, euthanasia, Jewish identity, contraception, divorce, and Jewish territorial rights in Palestine\/Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e \tGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: THE PERSPECTIVE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eProgressive Judaism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eProgressive Judaism Fifty Years after the Holocaust\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO HALACHAH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eHalachah and Aggadah: Law and Lore in Judaism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Need for a New Approach to Halachah\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eRethinking our Relationship with Halachah\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eTowards a Progrssive Halachah\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eBetween Antinomianism and Conservatism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eA Genuinely Progressive Halachah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: SOME HALACHIC PROBLEMS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003ePraying with Kavvanah\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Language of Prayer\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Posture of Prayer\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. \u003c\/strong\u003eWomen and Worship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. \u003c\/strong\u003eOn Seeing Halley's Comet\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14. \u003c\/strong\u003eReturning a Scroll to its Donor\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15. \u003c\/strong\u003eRecycling Old Prayerbooks\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16. \u003c\/strong\u003eMedical Confidentiality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17. \u003c\/strong\u003eOrgan Transplantation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18. \u003c\/strong\u003eA Matter of Life and Death\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 19. \u003c\/strong\u003eEuthanasia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 20. \u003c\/strong\u003eBurial of Progressive Proselyte in Orthodox Cemetery\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 21. \u003c\/strong\u003eJewish Identity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 22. \u003c\/strong\u003eConception and Contraception\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 23. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Unilateralism to Recipocity: A Short History of Jewish Divorce\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 24. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Land, the Law and the Liberal Conscience\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes and Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041438237015,"sku":"9781571819758","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571819758.jpg?v=1750950279","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jewish-religious-law-a-progressive-perspective-9781571819758","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}