The Jewish Law Annual Volume 19

by Hanina Ben-Menahem and Berachyahu Lifshitz

Book Overview

Volume 19 of The Jewish Law Annual is a festschrift in honor of Professor Neil S. Hecht. It contains thirteen articles, ten in English and three in Hebrew. Several articles are jurisprudential in nature, focusing on analysis of halakhic institutions and concepts. Elisha Ancselovits discusses the concept of the prosbul, asking whether it is correct to construe it as a legal fiction, as several scholars have asserted. He takes issue with this characterization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367602091
• ISBN13: 9780367602093
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
• Length: 270 Pages