Responsa in a historical context : a view of post-expulsion Spanish-Portuguese Jewish communities through sixteenth- and seventeenth-century responsa / Debby Koren.
| Author/creator | Koren, Debby, 1951- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xviii, 249 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in Orthodox Judaism Studies in Orthodox Judaism. ^A1147335 |
| Contents | On excommunication -- Responsa: Divorce out of love : a Sixteenth-Century woman's story : Rabbi David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra Responsum 1, 398 -- The tax cut lobby : Rabbi Joseph ibn Lev Responsum 4:14 -- Are you calling me a heretic?! : Zʻqan Aharon 25 -- Families torn apart : Rabbi Moses ben Joseph di Trani Responsum 1,142 -- What's in a name? : Rabbi Samuel de Medina Yo-re Deʻa199 -- Is your blood any redder? : the case of an informer in the Venetian Inquisition : Rabbi Solomon ben Abraham Ha-Kohen Responsum 4,31 -- Excommunication in Amsterdam : Baḥ (Ha-Yʻshanot) 5 -- South of the Equator, in the New World : Torat Ḥayyim 3,3. |
| Abstract | "This book contains a collection of eight annotated translations of responsa, alongside the original Hebrew texts, focusing on the post-expulsion Spanish-Portuguese communities of the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. This collection will acquaint the reader with Jews who, following their expulsion, settled in the Ottoman Empire, in Palestine under the Mamluks, in Amsterdam and in Brazil. The period of the expulsion of the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula was a tragic time in Jewish history, but the revitalization of the post-expulsion Spanish-Portuguese Jewish communities in new locales is testimony to the human spirit and determination. The volume includes eight chapters, each built around one responsum from one of the great halakhic authorities of the time. Topics include excommunication in Amsterdam, ʻagunot, inheritance rights of a converso son, obligatory contracts and breach of agreement, heresy and humanist scholarship, informing on someone to the Venetian Inquisition, and more"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Each chapter concludes with questions for discussion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | In English, with Hebrew texts and translations. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Koren, Debby, 1951- Responsa in a historical context. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2024 9798887193618 |
| LCCN | 2023036603 |
| ISBN | 9798887193595 |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |