TY - BOOK AU - Heger,Paul TI - The pluralistic halakhah: legal innovations in the late second commonwealth and rabbinic periods T2 - Studia Judaica SN - 9783110901214 AV - BM520.5 .H43 2003eb U1 - 296.1/8 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Berlin, New York PB - Walter de Gruyter KW - Jewish law KW - Judaism KW - History KW - Droit juif KW - Judaïsme KW - Histoire KW - RELIGION KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Halacha KW - gtt KW - Interpretatie KW - Rabbijnse literatuur KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-398) and indexes; The tension between tradition : an[d] interpretation -- Characteristics of rabbinic decision-making -- Is there a system in rabbinic decision-making? -- The development of the Halakhic system pre- and post-destruction -- Conclusion N2 - This study examines by a meticulous analysis of abundant rabbinic citations the pluralism of the Halakhah in the pre-70 period which stands in contrast to the fixed Halakhah of later periods. The Temple's destruction provoked, for political motives, the initiation of this significant shift, which protracted itself, in developmental stages, for a longer period. The transition from the Tannaitic to the Amoraic era was a consequential turning point on the extended path from flexibility to rigidity in Jewish law UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=558086 ER -