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| Other authors / contributors: | Boston University. Institute of Jewish Law.
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| ISBN: | 0203219511
9780203219515
0203295536
9780203295533
1280105666
9781280105661
9780415278898
0415278899
0415278899
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | "The Institute of Jewish Law, Boston University School of Law."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-254) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | In recent decades, record numbers of Jews are taking a newfound interest in their legal heritage - the Bible and the Talmud, the law codes and the rabbinical responsa literature. In the course of this encounter, they may be interested in how these sources relate to the issue of disability, and the degree to which halakhic attitudes to disability are in harmony with contemporary sensibilities. For example, can the blind or those in wheelchairs serve as prayer leaders? Need the mentally incompetent observe any ritual law? Is institutionalization in a special-education facility where Jewish dietary laws are not observed permitted if it will enhance a child's functioning? And how are we to interpret teachings that seem inconsonant with current sensibilities? Disability in Jewish Law answers the pressing need for insight into the position of Jewish law with respect to the rights and status of those with physical and mental impairments, and the corresponding duties of the non-disabled.
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| Other form: | Print version: Marx, Tzvi. Disability in Jewish law. London ; New York : Routledge : Taylor & Francis E-Library, 2003
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