Jewish law
Babatha’s Orchard.
Elizabeth Shanks Alexander
Sept. 27 2017 12:01AM
One rabbi’s argument that civil law is rooted in human reason.
June 2 2017 12:01AM
Conferring an air of legality on the murder of Naboth.
Shalom Holtz
Dec. 16 2016 12:01AM
John Selden, Brexit, and the need for national laws.
July 18 2016 12:01AM
Did ancient rabbis get their idea of divine law from the ancient Greeks?
Richard Hidary, Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Christine Hayes and Benjamin Sommer
April 7 2016 12:01AM
The key to Jewish continuity lies in observance of Jewish law, a fact Jewish conservatives would do well to remember.
April 23 2015 12:01AM
There is, and one strain of it needs to be reclaimed—especially in the aftermath of Gaza.
Yoel Finkelman
Sept. 3 2014 6:37PM
The Jewish Legal Tradition and Its Discontents
Dec. 1 2013 10:24PM
Logical maneuvers in Tractate Pesahim are a reminder that studying Talmud yields not just knowledge of the law but training for the mind.
July 11 2013 12:00AM