The Pluralistic Halakhah: Legal Innovations in the Late Second Commonwealth and Rabbinic Periods, 1st Edition

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.The Pluralistic Halakhah: Legal Innovations in the Late Second Commonwealth and Rabbinic Periods 1st Edition is written by Paul Heger and published by De Gruyter. ISBNs for The Pluralistic Halakhah are 9783110901214, 3110901218 and the print ISBNs are 9783110176360, 311017636X.