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Responsa

Responsa (plural of Latin responsum, 'answer') comprise a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them. In the modern era, the term is used to describe decisions and rulings made by scholars in historic religious law.

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Responsa

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples71
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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related to Further reading · 22
Responsa → America, Arthur Ernest, David Golinkin, Encyclopædia Britannica, Excerpts, Ginzberg, Hebrew Literature, ISBN, Jewish EncyclopediaCowley, Jewish History, Jewish Theological Seminary, Louis, Moreshet Series, New York, OCLC, Professor Louis Ginzberg, She'elot U-Teshubot, Studies, The Responsa, Thought
related to In the Catholic Church · 18
Responsa → Canon Law, Catholic, Catholic Church, CDW, Code, Congregation, Discipline, Divine Worship, Holy See, In, Latin, Legislative Texts, Notitiae, Other, Pontifical Council, Sacraments, Some, The
related to External links · 14
Responsa → Accessed October, Conservative Jewish, Funk, Hebrew, Isidore, Jewish Encyclopedia, New York, Reform Jewish, Singer, The Jewish Encyclopedia, The Responsa Project Archived, This, Wagnalls, Wayback MachineOrthodox Responsa Index
related to In Judaism · 10
Responsa → Ask, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, In, Jewish, Judaism's, Mishnah, She'elot, Talmud, Teshuvot
related to In the Roman Empire · 6
Responsa → Digesta, Digests, Roman, Salvius Julianus, Senate, This
related to In Islam · 1
Responsa → Islam

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jewish law questions rulings hebrew given decisions codes literature legal also particularly new thus encyclopedia written scholars mishnah talmud history

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Responsarelated to External linksThe Responsa Project Archived0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksWayback MachineOrthodox Responsa Index0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksHebrew0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksAccessed October0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksConservative Jewish0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksReform Jewish0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksThis0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksSinger0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksIsidore0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksJewish Encyclopedia0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksThe Jewish Encyclopedia0.60section
Responsarelated to External linksNew York0.60section

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