Religious Law: SHARIA, HALAKHA, AND BIBLICAL COMMANDMENTS COMPARED (Law, morality, and society) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798271302688)

RELIGIOUS LAW
Sharia, Halakha, and Biblical Commandments Compared
(Law, Morality, and Society)

Throughout history, religious law has guided how people live, judge, and relate to one another. Religious Law explores how sacred commandments and moral codes shape societies through faith-based systems such as Islamic Sharia, Jewish Halakha, and the Biblical laws of Christianity. It reveals how these systems blend divine authority with practical governance, influencing family life, business, justice, and community ethics across centuries.

Readers will discover how Sharia draws from the Qur'an, Hadith, and scholarly interpretation to form a complete framework for personal and social conduct; how Halakha governs Jewish daily life through scripture and rabbinic tradition; and how Biblical commandments have inspired both moral and legal systems in Christian history. The book also discusses how these laws have evolved-adapting to modern legal systems, secular societies, and global human rights debates.

Written in clear, balanced language, Religious Law examines both similarities and differences among these sacred codes, exploring how each tradition defines justice, mercy, and duty. It highlights the role of interpretation, showing that even within a single faith, believers continue to debate how divine law applies to changing times.

Ideal for students of religion, law, and ethics, this book offers a thoughtful comparison of how faith-based legal traditions continue to influence modern society-bridging the sacred and the civic in humanity's ongoing search for moral order.