Die Autonomie der Rabbinen

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Die Autonomie der Rabbinen is a 19th-century work by reform rabbi Samuel Holdheim that critically examines traditional rabbinic authority and advocates for modernizing Jewish law and practice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
advocates adaptation of halakha to modern conditions ⓘ
modernization of Jewish law ⓘ
aimsTo redefine rabbinic authority in modern society ⓘ
associatedWith Reform Judaism ⓘ
author Samuel Holdheim ⓘ
challenges binding nature of traditional halakhic authority ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
critiques traditional halakhic decision-making ⓘ
traditional rabbinic authority ⓘ
field Jewish law (halakha) ⓘ
linked to: Halakha

Jewish studies ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
genre rabbinic legal critique ⓘ
religious polemic ⓘ
hasAuthorRole Reform rabbi Samuel Holdheim ⓘ
hasPerspective historical-critical approach to rabbinic authority ⓘ
historicalContext 19th-century German Jewry ⓘ
influenced subsequent Reform Jewish legal thought ⓘ
influencedBy 19th-century liberal thought ⓘ
intendedAudience Jewish intellectuals ⓘ
rabbis ⓘ
language German ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainTopic Jewish law ⓘ
linked to: Halakha

rabbinic authority ⓘ
religious reform ⓘ
movementContext Jewish Reform movement ⓘ
linked to: Reform Judaism
philosophicalStance liberal Judaism ⓘ
positionOnTradition critical yet engaged ⓘ
proposes greater role for ethical principles in Jewish law ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
questions scope of rabbinic autonomy ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
theologicalPerspective emphasis on prophetic ethics over ritual law ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed post-Talmudic rabbinic tradition ⓘ
workOf Reform rabbi ⓘ

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