Awards
- Winner of AJS Jordan Schnitzer First Book Publication Award 2024
Overview
A Winner of the 2024Association for Jewish Studies' Jordan Schnitzer First Book Publication Awardtestimony to the human spirit and determination. The volume includes eight chapters, each built around one responsumfrom one of the great halakhic authorities of the time. Topics include excommunication in Amsterdam, agunotobligatory contracts and breach of agreement, heresy and humanist scholarship, informing on someone to the Venetian Inquisition, and more. Read a sample:bit.ly/koren-sampler
Full Product Details
Author: Debby Koren
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.30cm
Weight: 0.381kg
ISBN: 9798887193595
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 08 February 2024
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""In Responsa in a Historical Context, Deborah Koren makes these fascinating yet extraordinarily difficult documents come alive. She succeeds admirably in overcoming the challenge that faces all who would write about responsa for an audience of non-specialists, namely to offer sufficient explanation of the historical and halakhic (Jewish legal) context behind each submitted question without allowing that explanation to overwhelm the text and to drown out the unique voice of the rabbinical author. The book is an indispensable source of information, both on the history of the period it covers and on the ways that rabbis think, how they utilize textual analysis, logic, and rhetoric to craft answers to the question that Jews ask.” — Mark E. Washofsky, Professor Emeritus of Jewish Law and Practice, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati"
"“Through the analysis of responsa written by contemporary halakhic authorities, Debby Koren provides a deep understanding of the rejuvenation of Spanish-Portuguese Jewish communal life during an otherwise tragic period of Jewish history.” — Tradition ""In Responsa in a Historical Context, Debby Koren makes these fascinating yet extraordinarily difficult documents come alive. She succeeds admirably in overcoming the challenge that faces all who would write about responsa for an audience of non-specialists, namely to offer a sufficient explanation of the historical and halakhic (Jewish legal) context behind each submitted question without allowing that explanation to overwhelm the text and to drown out the unique voice of the rabbinical author. The book is an indispensable source of information, both on the history of the period it covers and on the ways that rabbis thought, how they utilized textual analysis, logic, and rhetoric to craft answers to the questions that Jews asked.” — Mark E. Washofsky, Professor Emeritus of Jewish Law and Practice, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati"
"""In Responsa in a Historical Context, Debby Koren makes these fascinating yet extraordinarily difficult documents come alive. She succeeds admirably in overcoming the challenge that faces all who would write about responsa for an audience of non-specialists, namely to offer a sufficient explanation of the historical and halakhic (Jewish legal) context behind each submitted question without allowing that explanation to overwhelm the text and to drown out the unique voice of the rabbinical author. The book is an indispensable source of information, both on the history of the period it covers and on the ways that rabbis think, how they utilize textual analysis, logic, and rhetoric to craft answers to the questions that Jews asked.” — Mark E. Washofsky, Professor Emeritus of Jewish Law and Practice, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati"
Author Information
Debby Korenis an independent researcher in the fields of halakha and responsa literature. She has lectured and taught Talmud and halakha in informal and formal adult settings. She has a Ph.D. in mathematics from The City University of New York and an M.A. in Talmud and Halakha from the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem.
