{"product_id":"laws-dominion-9789004417397","title":"Law’s Dominion","description":"In \u003ci\u003eLaw’s Dominion\u003c\/i\u003e, Jay Berkovitz offers a novel approach to the history of early modern Jewry. Set in the city of Metz, on the Moselle river, this study of a vibrant prerevolutionary community draws on a wide spectrum of legal sources that tell a story about community, religion, and family that has not been told before.\u003cbr\u003e\nFocusing on the community’s leadership, public institutions, and judiciary, this study challenges the assumption that Jewish life was in a steady state of decline before the French Revolution. To the contrary, the evidence reveals a robust community that integrated religious values and civic consciousness, interacted with French society, and showed remarkable signs of collaboration between Jewish law and the French judicial system.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn \u003ci\u003eLaw’s Dominion\u003c\/i\u003e, Jay Berkovitz has gathered and meticulously mined a dazzling array of rich and complex rabbinic texts and records from Western Europe during the early modern period, including the \u003ci\u003epinkas\u003c\/i\u003e of the rabbinic court of Metz that he previously rescued from oblivion. What emerges is a remarkably fresh depiction and incisive comparative treatment of central aspects of Jewish law, religion and family, which will have far-reaching ramifications for all future studies in these disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e\n-Ephraim Kanarfogel, E. Billi Ivry University Professor of Jewish History, Literature, and Law at Yeshiva University","brand":"Jay R. Berkovitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48309830549755,"sku":"9789004417397","price":87.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_4b1c5f15-f6b8-4e1a-a3f4-da999f2efca3.jpg?v=1774764771","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/laws-dominion-9789004417397","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}