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Jewish Identity in Early Rabbinic Writings is more than a question of legal status: it is the experience of being Jewish or of 'Jewishness' in all its social and cultural dimensions. This work describes this experience as it emerges in Talmudic and Midrashic sources.

Besides the question of 'who is a Jew?', topics include the contrast between Israel and the non-Jews, the physical embodiment of Jewish identity, the 'boundaries' of Israel and resistance to assimilation. Jewish identity, it is argued, hinges essentially on the Divine commandments (mitzvot) and on Israel's perceived proximity with the Divine.

Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including the theories of William James and Merleau-Ponty, this study raises important issues in anthropology, as well as accounting for central aspects of early rabbinic Judaism.

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Brill
Language
English
Pages
269

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-266) and index.
Rev. version of the author's thesis (D.Phil.)--Jews' College.

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Leiden, New York
Series
Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums,, [Bd.] 23

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Dewey Decimal Class
296.1/2
Library of Congress
BM509.J48 S73 1994,

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxix, 269 p. ;
Number of pages
269

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1090580M
Internet Archive
jewishidentityin00ster
ISBN 10
9004100121
LCCN
94014802
OCLC/WorldCat
30154935
Library Thing
3209516
Goodreads
1485617

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