Comments on: Halakhah in the Making and Book Sales http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/10/18/halakhah-in-the-making-and-book-sales/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:07:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: avakesh http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/10/18/halakhah-in-the-making-and-book-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2273 avakesh Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:32:31 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1910#comment-2273 MMT is a polemical work against halachot that we find in mishna Yadiam in exactly the same order as we find it in the Mishna. What it shows is that Qumran'ites had a system of halacha that was alternative to and, at best, in dialogue with rabbinic halacha during tthe time that the latter was being formalized. To say that Qumran halacha developed into Rabbinic halacha is at best committing an error. MMT is a polemical work against halachot that we find in mishna Yadiam in exactly the same order as we find it in the Mishna. What it shows is that Qumran’ites had a system of halacha that was alternative to and, at best, in dialogue with rabbinic halacha during tthe time that the latter was being formalized. To say that Qumran halacha developed into Rabbinic halacha is at best committing an error.

]]> By: Moshe http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/10/18/halakhah-in-the-making-and-book-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2268 Moshe Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:33:10 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1910#comment-2268 Isn't the book comparing apples and oranges - the traditions of one sect of Jews against the traditions of another sect of Jews a couple hundred years later? Isn’t the book comparing apples and oranges – the traditions of one sect of Jews against the traditions of another sect of Jews a couple hundred years later?

]]> By: Jeff http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/10/18/halakhah-in-the-making-and-book-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2266 Jeff Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:41:26 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1910#comment-2266 Thanks for the UCP info - there are several books there that have been on my wish list! Thanks for the UCP info – there are several books there that have been on my wish list!

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