Changing the Subject: Rabbinic Legal Process in the Absence of Justification

This essay explores how changing the subject can function as a valid legal process in classical rabbinic literature. In order to do so, it first establishes standard rabbinic legal procedure, in which the legal reasoning for arguments is debated and either supported or refuted. Next, it discusses ca...

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Auteur principal: Rosenblum, Jordan 1979- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2015
Dans: The review of rabbinic Judaism
Année: 2015, Volume: 18, Numéro: 1, Pages: 23-36
Sujets non-standardisés:B Rabbinic Literature Rabbinic Law Legal Process Talmud
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Résumé:This essay explores how changing the subject can function as a valid legal process in classical rabbinic literature. In order to do so, it first establishes standard rabbinic legal procedure, in which the legal reasoning for arguments is debated and either supported or refuted. Next, it discusses cases that do not fit this pattern: namely, those in which a rabbi, faced with a contradictory or complex argument, changes the subject rather than his reasoning or ruling. Through a discussion of such cases, this essay argues that, while not preferable, changing the subject can in fact be a valid rabbinic legal process.
ISSN:1570-0704
Contient:In: The review of rabbinic Judaism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700704-12341275