Bastards and believers : Jewish converts and conversion from the Bible to the present /

Viewing Jewish history from the perspective of conversion across a broad chronological and conceptual frame, Bastards and Believers highlights how the concepts of the convert and of conversion have histories of their own and speaks to the possibility, or impossibility, of changing one's life.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunkelgrün, Theodor, 1976- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Maciejko, Paweł, 1971- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020.
Colección:Jewish culture and contexts.
Temas:
Christian converts from Judaism.
Jews > Conversion to Christianity.
Jewish converts from Christianity.
Jewish Christians.
Conversion > Christianity > History.
Conversion > Judaism > History.
Juifs convertis au christianisme.
Juifs > Conversion au christianisme.
Chrétiens convertis au judaïsme.
Chrétiens juifs.
Conversion > Christianisme > Histoire.
Conversion > Judaïsme > Histoire.
RELIGION / Judaism / History.
Conversion > Christianity.
Conversion > Judaism.
Jewish history.
religious conversion.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Bastards and Believers
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Term Ger and the Concept of Conversion in the Hebrew Bible
  • Chapter 2. Ex-Jews and Early Christians: Conversion and the Allure of the Other
  • Chapter 3. Conversion to Judaism as Reflected in the Rabbinic Writings and Culture of Medieval Ashkenaz: Between Germany and Northern France
  • Chapter 4. Of Purity, Piety, and Plunder: Jewish Apostates and Poverty in Medieval Europe
  • Chapter 5. "Cleanse Me from My Sin": The Social and Cultural Vicissitudes of a Converso Family in Fifteenth-Century Castile
  • Chapter 6. Converso Paulinism and Residual Jewishness: Conversion from Judaism to Christianity as a Theologico-political Problem
  • Chapter 7. Return by Any Other Name: Religious Change Among Amsterdam's New Jews
  • Chapter 8. The Persuasive Path: Giulio Morosini's Derekh Emunah as a Conversion Narrative
  • Chapter 9. "Precious Books": Conversion, Nationality, and the Novel, 1810-2010
  • Chapter 10. Between European Judaism and British Protestantism in the Early Nineteenth Century
  • Chapter 11. When Life Imitates Art: Shtetl Sociability and Conversion in Imperial Russia
  • Chapter 12. Opposition, Integration, and Ambiguity: Toward a History of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate's Policies on Conversion to Judaism
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Index

Ejemplares similares