Transforming Identity : the Ritual Transition from Gentile to Jew - Structure and Meaning.
Of all Judaic rituals, that of giyyur is arguably the most radical: it turns a Gentile into a Jew - once and for all and irrevocably. The very possibility of such a transformation is anomalous, according to Jewish tradition, which regards Jewishness as an ascriptive status entered through birth to a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | Sagi, Avi |
Otros Autores: | Zohar, Zvi |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2007.
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Colección: | Kogod library of Judaic studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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