The codification of Jewish law on the cusp of modernity / Edward Fram.

"For more than four centuries, Jewish life has been based on a code of law written by Joseph Caro, his Shulḥan ̀aruk ["set table"]. The work was an immediate best-seller because it presented the law in a clear and concise format. Caro's work, however, was methodologically proble...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author:	Fram, Edward (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, > 1488-1575. Luria, Solomon ben Jehiel, > 1510?-1573 or 1574. Isserles, Moses ben Israel, > approximately 1525-1572. Isserles, Moses ben Israel, > approximately 1525-1572 Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, > 1488-1575 Luria, Solomon ben Jehiel, > 1510?-1573 or 1574 Jewish law > Codification.