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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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2007.
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| Colección: | Kogod library of Judaic studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- Part IV: The meaning of giyyurIntroduction; 15 Giyyur and Jewish identity; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z.