Introduction to the Talmud. Historical and Literary Introduction. Legal Hermeneutics of the Talmud. Talmudical Terminology and Methodology. Outline of Talmudical Ethics. Appendix. Key to the Abbreviations Used in the Talmud and Its Commentaries
Introduction to the Talmud. Historical and Literary Introduction. Legal Hermeneutics of the Talmud. Talmudical Terminology and Methodology. Outline of Talmudical Ethics. Appendix. Key to the Abbreviations Used in the Talmud and Its Commentaries
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...the rabbinical interpretation was, that a limb was not actually to be maimed for a limb, but that the harm done to the injured person was estimated and a pecuniary equivalent paid by the offender. Among other arguments in support of this interpretation one of the rabbis applied the inference from major to minor, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...the rabbinical interpretation was, that a limb was not actually to be maimed for a limb, but that the harm done to the injured person was estimated and a pecuniary equivalent paid by the offender. Among other arguments in support of this interpretation one of the rabbis applied the inference from major to minor, referring to the law (Exodus xxi. 29--30), by which, under certain circumstances, the proprietor of a beast which is notably dangerous and which has killed a person, is judged liable to the death penalty; but the capital punishment could be redeemed by money. Now, if the law expressly admits a pecuniary compensation in a case where the guilty person deserved capital punishment, how much the more is a pecuniary compensation admissible in our case where it does not concern capital punishment: poo b viy xb wo nron myv Dipoa no poo xbx wjr xbv sin p nno my xbv j3 Mechilta to Exodus xxi. 24. xin. Restrictions In The Application Of Inferences. n Conclusions made by an inference are restricted by three rules: 1-st, JHM IWrh pin jO tOVH "It is sufficient that the result derived from an inference be equivalent to the law from which it is drawn"; that is to say, the law transferred to B (the major), must never surpass in severity the original law in A (the minor), from which the inference was made. Thus, in the inference made in the Scripture in regard to Miriam, we might have expected that the time of her exclusion from the camp should be more than seven days, since the Lord's disfavor is of more consequence than a human father's; nevertheless, Scripture says, 'Let her be shut out from the camp seven days," wich is just as long as she would have felt humiliated if her father had treated her with contumely. On this pass...
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