Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 39:2. Howard Eilberg-Schwartz, The Human Will in Judaism: The Mishnah’s Philosophy of Intention (Brown Judaic Studies 103). Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1986. xiv, 250 pp. $31.95. Examining the instances in the Mishnah in which human intention has significance in the formulation of the law, the author of this book comes to the conclusion…
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