Originally published in Journal of Jewish Studies 31:2 (1980), pp. 126-8. Samuel Atlas, Netivim be-Mishpat ha-‘Ivri (‘Pathways in Hebrew Law’). American Academy for Jewish Research, Sepher Hermon Press, New York, 1978, ix, 304 pp. $12.50. Just before he died in 1977, Professor Samuel Atlas had prepared for publications this collection of his penetrating articles on Jewish…