Converts to Judaism : stories from biblical times to today /

"From the biblical story of Ruth to the star conversion of Elizabeth Taylor, Converts to Judaism tells the stories of people who have converted to Judaism throughout history. The book introduces readers to origins of Judaism and shares the first conversion stories of the people who helped the e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Epstein, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Jeffrey)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Temas:
Conversion > Judaism > History.
Jewish converts > Biography.
Conversion > Judaïsme > Histoire.
Convertis juifs > Biographies.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Conversion > Judaism
Jewish converts
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: welcoming the stranger: the place of converts in Jewish life
  • Your people shall be my people: converts in the biblical era
  • Over land and sea: the rise of proselytism in the Hellenistic and early Roman period
  • A fence around the Torah: converts in the Talmudic era
  • The time of religious struggle: converts in the Medieval era
  • Leaving the ghetto: converts from the Jewish enlightenment to the present
  • The golden land: converts in the United States
  • The call of Zion: converts in Israel
  • Lessons from the history of conversion to Judaism.

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