THE JEWISH MARRIAGE CONTRACT: A STUDY IN THE STATUS OF THE WOMAN IN JEWISH LAW

New York; Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, 1927. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. XVII, 316 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Substantial study on Jewish Marriage and the Status of Women in Halakha through an analysis of the Ketubah. Covers Mohar, Samaritan Marriage law, Divorce, etc. Contains Hebrew index. Louis M. Epstein (1887-1949) , "U. S. Conservative rabbi and authority on Jewish marriage law. ... Epstein was president of the Rabbinical Assembly (1922-25) and chairman of its committee on Jewish Law (1936-40) . Epstein wrote The Jewish Marriage Contract (1927) , Marriage Laws in the Bible and Talmud (1942) , and Sex Laws and Customs in Judaism (1948) . His scholarly attainments made him a leading figure in the Conservative movement. He was instrumental in framing various proposals in Jewish law, the best known being a method of solving the agunah problem published in his Li-She'elat ha-Agunah (1940) . Under Epstein's proposal, the husband would authorize the wife to act as his agent for the purpose of a get. This innovation was accepted by his colleagues but was abandoned by the Rabbinical Assembly because of the opposition of the Orthodox rabbinate and of some members of the faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary. " - EJ 2008. Subjects: Ketubah. Marriage (Jewish law) Women (Jewish law) Women - Legal status, laws, etc. Light edge wear to cloth; very clean and fresh; pages uncut, never before read. Very good + condition. (WOMEN-1-49).