Defining Jewish difference from antiquity to the present / Beth A. Berkowitz.

Author/creator Berkowitz, Beth A.
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Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press,
Descriptionviii, 280 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction : law, identity, and Leviticus 18:3 -- The question of Israelite distinctiveness: paradigms of separatism in Leviticus 18:3 -- Allegory and ambiguity : Jewish identity in Philo's De congressu -- A narrative of neighbors : rethinking universalism and particularism in patristic and rabbinic writings -- The limits of "their laws" in Midrash halakhah -- A short history of the people Israel from the patriarchs to the Messiah: constructions of Jewish difference in Leviticus Rabbah -- Syncretism and anti-syncretism in the Babylonian Talmud -- The judaization of reason: the Tosafists, Nissim gerondi, and Joseph Colon -- Women's wear and men's suits: Ovadiah Yosef's and Moshe Feinstein's discourses of Jewishness -- Conclusion : an "upside-down people"?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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LCCN 2011044023
ISBN9781107013711 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1107013712 (hardback : alk. paper)

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