CONTENTS

Acknowledgments Introduction

Part1 Essays

Chapter 1 The Concept of Crime in the Jewish Tradition Stephen M. Passamaneck

Chapter 2 What Is Crime? Leonard Kravitz

Chapter 3 Assisting the Guilty: Halakhic Considerations Clifford E. Librach

Chapter 4 Punishment: Its Method and Purpose Walter Jacob

Chapter 5 Capital Punishment Rabbi Richard A. Block

Chapter 6 Confrontation of Halakhah and Religious Violence Moshe Zemer

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