Article: Theology in action; how the rabbis of the Talmud present theology (Aggadah) in the medium of the Law (Halakhah); an anthology.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Does the Tosefta precede with Mishnah: Halakhah, aggada, ...
Judaism;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... main focus of the ancient rabbinic enterprise was halakhah, and aggadah's philosophical and ethical musings were only ... relationship, as well as the relationship of halakhah and aggadah in ancient rabbinic discourse. Consider the first ...

Article: Does the Tosefta Precede the Mishnah: Halakhah, Aggada, & ...
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought;  March 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... main focus of the ancient rabbinic enterprise was halakhah, and aggadah's philosophical and ethical musings were only ... relationship, as well as the relationship of halakhah and aggadah in ancient rabbinic discourse. Consider the first ...

Encyclopedia entry: Halakhah
A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion;      560 words ...Halakhah The legal side of Judaism, in contradistinction to Aggadah ; the latter embracing all ... Rabbinic period, the term Halakhah (from the root halakh ... meaning was retained, the term Halakhah was also and chiefly used for ...

Dictionary definition: Aggadah
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions;      295 words ...Aggadah/ Haggadah (Heb ... Rabbinic teaching which is not halakhah and which includes stories ... themselves maintained that aggadah was not authoritative and insisted that ‘no halakhah may be derived from the aggadot ...

Article: Conservative Halakhah
Judaism;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... our humash, our theology, or our halakhah, Conservative Judaism offers a strongly ... minded, we love to point out that the halakhah has always functioned in the realm of ... anyone who studies the development of halakhah. It is in this context that I think ...

Article: Conservative halakhah.
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... our humash, our theology, or our halakhah, Conservative Judaism offers a strongly ... minded, we love to point out that the halakhah has always functioned in the realm of ... anyone who studies the development of halakhah. It is in this context that I think ...

Article: Shades of "pragmatism" in halakhah: a model for legal ...
Journal of Church and State;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... argues that Jewish law, known as halakhah, has maintained its viability throughout the ages in much the same way. Halakhah's pragmatic approach to law and ... influenced by, and benefited-from, halakhah, there is still more wisdom within ...