Law’s Dominion —— Jewish Community, Religion, and Family in Early Modern Metz

----- 近代梅斯的犹太社区，宗教和家庭

ISBN: 9789004417397 出版年：2019 页码：420 Jay R Berkovitz Brill

In law's dominion, jay berkovitz offers a novel approach to the history of early modern jewry. Set in the city of metz, on the moselle river, this study of a vibrant prerevolutionary community draws on a wide spectrum of legal sources that tell a story about community, religion, and family that has not been told before. Focusing on the community's leadership, public institutions, and judiciary, this study challenges the assumption that jewish life was in a steady state of decline before the french revolution. To the contrary, the evidence reveals a robust community that integrated religious values and civic consciousness, interacted with french society, and showed remarkable signs of collaboration between jewish law and the french judicial system.