Nurit Tsafrir

Biographic Data

ID4153693
NAMENurit Tsafrir
GIVEN NAMESNurit
FAMILY NAMETsafrir
SIGNATURETSAFRIR N
AFFILIATIONSTel Aviv University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The Kitāb al-Aṣl of Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī (d. 189/805) and its Riwāyas (Recensions)

    Open AccessNurit TsafrirARTICLEIslamic Law and Society2025

    This essay is a preliminary study of some aspects of the transmission of Kitāb al-Aṣl by Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī. The essay examines information, preserved in later, mainly Ḥanafī works, about two major riwāya s of al-Aṣl , and analyses some points of doctrine on which they differ. These differences are shown to be substantial, as emerges from biographical sources. Given the divergence from each other and also, in one instance, from a th…

  • Are Women Liable for Blood-Money Payment

    Nurit TsafrirARTICLEHawwa2021

    Against the view that only men are liable for blood-money payment due for homicide, which goes back to pre-Islamic custom and was adopted by the Sharīʿa, by the fifth/eleventh century a new opinion appeared in Ḥanafī doctrine. According to this opinion, women who perpetrated a homicide were required to pay a share of the blood money due. Examining the context of this opinion in Ḥanafī literature, I suggest that it reflects the jurists’ tendency t…

  • Arab Customary Law in Israel

    Nurit TsafrirARTICLEIslamic Law and Society2006Cited by: 1

    In this article I describe various aspects of the complex link between the Israeli legal system and the Arab customary institution of sulha (an agreement for peaceful settlement of a dispute). On the basis of contemporary decisions of the Supreme Court and the District Courts in Israel, I argue that a sulha agreement between an accused and his victim (or the victim's family) often influences the judges' decisions during criminal proceedings again…

  • The attitude of Sunnī Islam toward Jews and Christians as reflected in some legal issues

    Open AccessNurit TsafrirARTICLEAl-Qanṭara2005

    Cómo veían los ulemas musulmanes a los seguidores de otras religiones, especialmente a los ahl al-kitāb (las gentes del Libro, es decir, los judíos y cristianos)? Las leyes islámicas, en dos áreas concretas - el sacrificio ritual y el matrimonio -, reflejan al tiempo el intento por separar a los musulmanes de los no monoteístas (como muestran las regulaciones en contra de consumir la carne de animales sacrificados por los no monoteístas y en cont…

  • Semi-Hanafis and Hanafi Biographical Sources

    Nurit TsafrirARTICLEStudia Islamica1996Cited by: 1

    Tous ceux qui utilisent des dictionnaires biographiques musulmans sont au courant du phenomene suivant: un livre dont le titre indique qu'il s'agit d'une collection de biographies de membres d'une ecole particuliere contient en fait des biographies de personnes dont l'affiliation est douteuse voire improbable. L'A. analyse ce phenomene en faisant une reference particuliere aux entrees dans les travaux biographiques de l'ecole Hanafī. Les compilat…