Collected Essays: Volume II

by Haym Soloveitchik

In this second volume of his essays on the history of halakhah, Haym Soloveitchik grapples with much-disputed topics in medieval Jewish history and takes issue with a number of reigning views. His insistence that proper understanding requires substantive, in-depth analysis of the sources leads him to a searching analysis of oft-cited halakhic texts of Ashkenaz, frequently with conclusions that differ from the current consensus. Medieval Jewish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904113982
• ISBN13: 9781904113980
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.8" x 9.1"