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Torah and Sophia: The Life and Thought of Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera (review)

Torah and Sophia: The Life and Thought of Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera (review) to be an "improperly enforced divorce." The result is that battered wives in Israeli society are generally in a difficult situation. The last two articles in this part are S. Morell's "Profile of a Jurist: Joseph Ibn Lev's Rulings Regarding Agunot" (pp. 171-204) and R. K. Ryan's "And Then There Was One: An Analysis and Comparison of Polygamy among Jews and Mormons" (pp. 205-231). The latter offers an instructive survey of the history of polygamy in Jewish (including biblical) law and among the Mormons in the second half of the ninteenth century. The survey is followed by a succinct summary of similarities and differences between Jewish and Mormon polygamy laws and practices, the latter claiming to be a restoration of the former. Meir Malul Haifa University Haifa 31905 Israel TORAH AND SOPHIA: THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF SHEM TOV IBN FALAQUERA. By Raphael Jospe. Monographs of Hebrew Union College 11. Pp. 505. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1988. Cloth, $45.00. This book presents the most comprehensive research on the thought of a distinguished commentator and philosopher of the thirteenth century. It contains an annotated critical edition of the two principal texts composed by Falaquera: "Book of the Soul" and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hebrew Studies National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Torah and Sophia: The Life and Thought of Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera (review)

Shiffman, Yair.
Hebrew Studies , Volume 33 (1) – Oct 5, 1992
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to be an "improperly enforced divorce." The result is that battered wives in Israeli society are generally in a difficult situation. The last two articles in this part are S. Morell's "Profile of a Jurist: Joseph Ibn Lev's Rulings Regarding Agunot" (pp. 171-204) and R. K. Ryan's "And Then There Was One: An Analysis and Comparison of Polygamy among Jews and Mormons" (pp. 205-231). The latter offers an instructive survey of the history of polygamy in Jewish (including biblical) law and among the Mormons in the second half of the ninteenth century. The survey is followed by a succinct summary of similarities and differences between Jewish and Mormon polygamy laws and practices, the latter claiming to be a restoration of the former. Meir Malul Haifa University Haifa 31905 Israel TORAH AND SOPHIA: THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF SHEM TOV IBN FALAQUERA. By Raphael Jospe. Monographs of Hebrew Union College 11. Pp. 505. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1988. Cloth, $45.00. This book presents the most comprehensive research on the thought of a distinguished commentator and philosopher of the thirteenth century. It contains an annotated critical edition of the two principal texts composed by Falaquera: "Book of the Soul" and

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Hebrew Studies – National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Published: Oct 5, 1992

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