Emmanuel J Bloch
Biographic Data
| ID | 4229852 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emmanuel J Bloch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emmanuel J |
| FAMILY NAME | Bloch |
| SIGNATURE | BLOCH E J |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University School of Law |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5431-7551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The image of the non-Jew in the responsa of David Zvi Hoffmann
This article has a double focus. First, it sheds new light on David Zvi Hoffmann (1843-1931), an important rabbinic scholar, born in the Austrian Empire but who eventually moved westwards to become, at the turn of the century, the rector of the Orthodox Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin and an important halakhic decisor. Taking up the topic of interfaith encounters in nineteenth-century Germany, I demonstrate that Hoffmann held a nuanced and unique p…
How Vaterlandsliebe Shaped Neo-Orthodox Halacha
To use Haym Soloveitchik’s by-now-famous expression, halachic texts can be made to “talk” history; 1 in fact, for over a century and a half now, historians have successfully mined Jewish legal texts in order to draw historical realia from them. While Soloveitchik’s own studies essentially dealt with early medieval Ashkenazi culture, other contributions have notoriously illuminated the social history of more modern Jewish subcultures, including th…
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How Vaterlandsliebe Shaped Neo-Orthodox Halacha
To use Haym Soloveitchik’s by-now-famous expression, halachic texts can be made to “talk” history; 1 in fact, for over a century and a half now, historians have successfully mined Jewish legal texts in order to draw historical realia from them. While Soloveitchik’s own studies essentially dealt with early medieval Ashkenazi culture, other contributions have notoriously illuminated the social history of more modern Jewish subcultures, including th…
The image of the non-Jew in the responsa of David Zvi Hoffmann
This article has a double focus. First, it sheds new light on David Zvi Hoffmann (1843-1931), an important rabbinic scholar, born in the Austrian Empire but who eventually moved westwards to become, at the turn of the century, the rector of the Orthodox Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin and an important halakhic decisor. Taking up the topic of interfaith encounters in nineteenth-century Germany, I demonstrate that Hoffmann held a nuanced and unique p…
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