Weinstein Roni - Joseph Karo And Shaping Of Modern Jewish Law The Early Modern Ottoman And Global Settings - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The early modern period witnessed the rise of impressive empires in the Eurasian context in Europe and not less so in the east The Ottoman Safavid and Mughal Empires. The construction of large and stable empires necessitated the constructions of unprecedented power mechanisms. History of law and legality in the early modern period was playing a crucial role in these changes. Born in Spain and joining his family as refugees from the great expulsion from the Iberian peninsula heading east to the Ottoman Empire Karo as the rest of Sephardi intellectuals was deeply acquainted with both European Canon law ius comune and Ottoman Shari'a Kanuname legal traditions and their transformative processes during the early modern period. The codes of law in the short and long version composed by R. Karo mark a watershed turn and they were never superseded until the present. In composing them Karo intended to respond to the global changes in law and to update Jewish Halakhah to current political and cultural circumstances. The books suggest both a global reading of Jewish law and a sociological perspective of Halakhah. It adds a further dimension on modernization of Jewish culture.
Title: Joseph Karo And Shaping Of Modern Jewish Law The Early Modern Ottoman And Global Settings
Author(s): Weinstein Roni
Publisher: Anthem Press
Barcode: 9781785278761
Pages: 262 Pages
Publication Date: 7/5/2022
Series: Anthem Intercultural Transfer Studies
Category: Globalization