Halakhah in the making
Subtitle: the development of Jewish law from Qumran to the rabbis
By: Aharon Shemesh.
Series: The Taubman lectures in Jewish studies
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520259102
Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls; Jewish law -- History -- To 1500; Qumran community; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism; Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: in the beginning; title: Writing halakhah in Qumran; title: Divine revelation and human exegesis; or, how to recognize a false prophet when you see one; title: Scripture versus tradition; title: "The foundation of the creation" and the "laws written on the heavenly tablets"; title: Halakhah from Qumran to the Mishnah: concluding remarks.