Jewish Identity in Early Rabbinic Writings

Jewish Identity in Early Rabbinic Writings
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9789004332768
ISBN-13 : 9004332766
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Download or read book Jewish Identity in Early Rabbinic Writings written by Stern and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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