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Dear Librarians NEW TILE FROM GEFEN PUBLISHING HOUSE: A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law: Volume XI / Comprehensive Index for Volumes I - X We are proud to announce the completion of Rabbi Emanuel Quint's "A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law" with the publication of the 11th volume of this definitive encyclopedia on Jewish Civil Law. See what else is new at Gefen Publishing House. http://www.israelbooks.com/bookList.asp?catId=1&subCat=126 1) A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law: Volume XI / Comprehensive Index for Volumes I - X Rabbi Emanuel Quint Publish date: August, 2007 ISBN: 978-9652293756 Hardback 256 pages Price: usd 50.00 2) A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law Volume I-XI (includes index) Rabbi Emanuel Quint Completion date: August, 2007 ISBN: 978-9652294111 (Replaces ISBN 0876687656, which referred to the 8 volume set, previous to it's completion as an 11 volume set. Hardback 3551 pages Price: usd 450.00 Special Price: $350.00 ---Reviews--- "My heart rejoiced to hear the good news that the final volume of your work on Hoshen haMishpat is about to be published. With this volume, you have completed a monumental collection of the words of the elder and contemporary sages, which compose the foundations of the Judicial Law of the Torah, in the order of the Shulhan Aruch of the 'Master Adjudicator of the Land of Israel,' R. Joseph Karo." Rabbi Israel Meir Lau "Rabbi Quint's work is paving a way: it is a means of orientation with which a contemporary person can find his way in the sea of Jewish Law, thus training and inspiring the thought of the student and the reader." Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz "...The latest and most welcome of these efforts in Emanuel Quint's new volume of A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law. The author, an ordained rabbi and a member of the bar who has distinguished himself both in Talmudic scholarship and in the law, is eminently qualified to undertake this exposition of Hoshen haMishpat, the Standard Code of the Halacha's civil law. The general reader will find this introduction to rabbinic law enlightening. And lawyers, especially those interested in comparativelaw, will find this a mine of relevant information." Dr. Norman Lamm Description: Long accepted as the standard code of Jewish law and practice, the Shulhan Aruch was written by Joseph Karo in 1565. This eleventh and final volume of A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law by Rabbi Emanuel Quint represents a monumental and unprecedented achievement in the scholarship of rabbinic jurisprudence. In this restatement, Rabbi Quint brings fresh insight, modern research methodology, and succinct explication to Hoshen haMishpat, one of the four sections of the Shulhan Aruch. A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law opens the brilliant halachic work of the Shulhan Aruch to the wider audience it deserves: to the educated lay person and advanced scholar alike. The result is a comprehensive, well-organized body of rabbinic jurisprudence, available to the English reader for the first time. Volume XI is an index and cumulative table of contents of all ten volumes and serves as a guide to enable the reader and researcher to find any and all topics contained in the first ten volumes of the Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law. Rabbi Quint, the cofounder of the Jerusalem Institute of Jewish Law (with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz), an institute dedicated to the study and dissemination of Jewish civil law, brings his professional expertise to bear on the vastarray of Jewish legal processes, procedures, and practices encoded here. The reader maybe surprised and challenged in the discovery that such a meticulous legal - yet not overly religious - system fits under the category of Jewish law. In his unique position as ordained rabbi, successful lawyer, and distinguished Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Quint illuminates Judaism not only as a religion, but also a cultureand community. A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law provides the author's own commentary and also incorporates the four centuries ofscholarship since the Shulhan Aruch was written, including commentaries and responsa literature. Ample footnotes help to guide thereader every step of the way. If the Shulhan Aruch can be said to be thedistilled essence of Jewish law, then A Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law triumphsas a major judicial-literary landmark of its own. About the Author: Rabbi Emanuel Quint, a distinguished rabbi, lawyer, and scholar, has dedicated his life to training and inspiring those of all ages who lack the language skills, scholarly background, and general training to study the sources of their Jewish tradition. In addition to his positions as dean of the Jerusalem Institute of Jewish Law (which he cofounded with Rabbi Abin Steinsaltz) and rosh kollel, he serves as Visiting Scholar-in-Residence in forums throughout Israel, challenging and stimulating his audiences with the depth and breadth of his knowledge in rabbinic law, Torah, and Talmud. In addition to his numerous articles and edited publications, he coauthored Jewish Jurisprudence (with Professor Neil Hecht), which bears the approbation of the late Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. As one of the founders and trustees of Touro College, Rabbi Quint received an honorary doctor of law degree, as well as serving as president of the Young Israel Council in Israel, head of the beth din of the Young Israel Rabbis in Israel, Vice President of the Orthodox Union in Israel, and a member of the board of trustees of Jerusalem College of Technology. Before moving to Israel nearly twenty years ago, he was a senior partner of the New York law firm Quint, Marx, and Chill. Rabbi Quint and his wife Rena have four children and twenty-three grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and live in Jerusalem. 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