Inheriting the crown in Jewish law
Subtitle: the struggle for rabbinic compensation, tenure, and inheritance rights
By: Jeffrey I. Roth.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Rabbis -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law); Rabbis -- Selection and appointment; Rabbis -- Salaries, etc; Inheritance and succession (Jewish law)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "A spade for digging"; title: "The way of Torah is bread with salt"; title: The throne of honor; title: "Nowadays the prince of forgetfulness reigns"; title: The variety of rabbinic emoluments; title: "These fees embarrass us"; title: The residence right and the residence ban; title: "The envy of scholars increases wisdom"; title: "No better than an outright thief"; title: Rabbis and schoolteachers : two competitive regimes; title: "All the same, go and consult them"; title: Justifications for tenure; title: Tenure and merit; title: Alternatives to tenure; title: The community versus the tenured rabbi; title: "When will these two old men die?"; title: The case against inheritance : part one; title: The case against inheritance : part two; title: Forging a new consensus for inheritance; title: Explaining the new consensus : rabbinic posts as property; title: Inheritance in the modern era.