Abstract:This study had its beginnings during a casual Shabbat walk to synagogue with Prof. Bernard Septimus of Harvard University. On that occasion Prof. Septimus suggested an investigation into gaonic legal theory as a possible topic for my doctoral thesis as it seemed a good way to bring together a number of my research interests. At the time it seemed appropriate to limit the work to already-published materials. A number of months later Prof. Septimus, together with Prof. Isidore Twersky, made the rather attractive… Show more
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