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Sagi Abraham |
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Titolo |
Transforming identity : the ritual transition from gentile to Jew - structure and meaning / / by Avi Sagi and Zvi Zohar |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 |
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©2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Kogod library of Judaic studies ; ; 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Conversion - Judaism |
Jewish converts |
Rabbinical literature - History and criticism |
Jewish law |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-306) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I: The proselyte''s motivation as a factor in giyyur; Introduction; 1 The proselyte''s motivation in Talmudic sources; 2 The proselyte''s motivation in post-Talmudic sources up to the sixteenth century; 3 The motivation for giyyur in modern halakhic sources: adaptivist positions; 4 The motivation for giyyur in modem halakhic sources: rejectionist and transformationist positions; Part II: The giyyur ritual; Introduction; 5 Giyyur as a voluntaristic normative commitment in Talmudic literature; 6 Giyyur as a bodily ritual in Talmudic literature |
7 The canonical formulation of the ritual of giyyur8 The Yevamot paradigm in mediaeval halakhah; 9 The ritual of giyyur: aspects of the Demai Paradigm in mediaeval halakhah; 10 The two paradigms of giyyur - from the Arba''ah Turim to the Shulhan Arukh; 11 The hermeneutical controversy regarding Rabbi Caro''s position - and its significance; Part III: The polyphonic meaning of acceptance of the commandments in halakhic literature; Introduction; 12 Acceptance of the commandments as an objective act; 13 Acceptance of the commandments as subjective intent; 14 Ex post facto annulment of giyyur |
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