Description:
The book provides a global perspective on the history of Jewish law during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, focusing on the codification works of R. Joseph Karo.
Review Quotes:
"Roni Weinstein's cross-denominational approach to Yossef Karo's legal corpus is undoubtedly a turning point for scholars of Jewish and Ottoman legal traditions. This thorough book carefully maps out the Ottoman and broader Mediterranean contexts of Karo's legal oeuvre, giving historians of Ottoman Islamic law much to consider." - Guy Burak, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Librarian at NYU's Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, USA.