The Birth of Doubt: Confronting Uncertainty in Early Rabbinic Literature

by Moshe Halbertal

Book Overview

In the history of halakhah, the treatment of uncertainty became one of the most complex fields of intense study. In his latest book, Moshe Halbertal focuses on examining the point of origin of the study of uncertainty in early rabbinic literature, including the Mishnah, Tosefta, and halakhic midrashim. Halbertal explores instructions concerning how to behave in situations of uncertainty ranging from matters of ritual purity, to lineage and marriage,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951498755
• ISBN13: 9781951498757
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"