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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Main Author: Rohrbacher, Bernhard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: 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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