JEWISH LAW AND MEDIEVAL LOGIC: WHY EATING HORSE MEAT IS A PUNISHABLE OFFENSE
This article presents a case study of the influence of Muslim and Christian logicians on medieval Jewish law. The case in question is why it is a punishable offense for Jews to eat mammals that do not have either sign of purity-that is, neither have split hooves nor chew their cud-and the article ex...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2015]
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 295-319 |
Further subjects: | B
a fortiori argument
B Islamic Philosophy B disjunction B Scholasticism B Jewish Law |
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