[Heb-NACO] relationship designator for posek?

[Heidi G Lerner]

Dear Aaron, 

What one might think about doing, except that you indicate that a subject heading is not warranted would be proving the name of the person with the subdivision "influence. 

Since that is not an option, I would suggest just giving the name of the person and the accompanying text about his influence in a quoted note. 

Just my "two cents". 

Thanks, Heiid 

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From: "Aaron Taub" <atau at loc.gov> 
To: "Hebrew Name Authority Funnel" <heb-naco at lists.osu.edu> 
Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2015 11:07:13 AM 
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] relationship designator for posek? 



Dear Heidi, Aaron K., and All, 



The scenario that Ela is describing is not really a commentary on a person’s particular work and arguably does not merit a subject heading. Rather, the posek has influenced the writing of the author to such a degree that the posek is featured prominently on the title page. 



Thanks, 

Aaron T. 




From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi G Lerner 
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 12:44 PM 
To: Hebrew Name Authority Funnel 
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] relationship designator for posek? 





Historically I believe that catalogers have usually treated posḳim as creators [author or compiler?]. If we follow that practice then it seems that the resource being cataloged could be treated as a commentary on the legal adjudications of the poseḳ. 





In this case we can use a formal relationship designator such as found in RDA J.2.1 in a MARC21 700 field such as "Based on (work):[author].|t[preferred title]" or M.2.2 "Commentary on (work): [author]. [preferred title]" 





I am eager to hear thoughts from other members of our cataloging community. 





Thanks, Heidi 



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From: "Ela Pelish" < epel at loc.gov > 
To: " heb-naco at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu " < heb-naco at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu > 
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 7:45:17 AM 
Subject: [Heb-NACO] relationship designator for posek? 





Hello All, 



On numerous rabbinic books, it is stated explicity (and prominently) that the work is based on the pesak/writings (title often unspecified) of a particular posek. But so far, there is no relationship designator available. I found on Wikipedia two concise descriptions: “Jewish law arbiter” and “Jewish law adjudicator.” 



We’ve discussed this issue in the Israel and Judaica section here at LC. The question is not only which term is better but also should we be giving access to the posek without the title of the specific work he authored. Would having such a relationship designator be helpful? Thank you in advance for your feedback. 



Ela Pelish 

Israel and Judaica section 

Library of Congress 






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