Theology in the Responsa

by Louis Jacobs

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904113273
• ISBN13: 9781904113270
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in Ass
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"