Transforming identity : the ritual transition from gentile to Jew - structure and meaning /: the ritual transition from gentile to Jew - structure and meaning. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Avi Sagi and Zvi Zohar.
• Other Names: Sagi, Abraham; Zohar, Tsevi
• Contents: The proselyte's motivation in talmudic sources -- The proselyte's motivation in post-talmudic sources up to the sixteenth century -- The motivation for giyyur in modern halakhic sources: adaptivist positions -- The motivation for giyyur in modern halakhic sources: rejectionist and transformationist positions -- Giyyur as a voluntaristic normative commitment in talmudic literature -- Giyyur as a bodily ritual in talmudic literature -- The canonical formulation of the ritual of giyyur -- The yevamot paradigm in medieval halakha -- The ritual of giyyur: aspects of the demai paradigm in medieval halakha -- The two paradigms of giyyur -- from the Arbaah turim to the Shulhan arukh -- The hermeneutical controversy regarding Rabbi Caro's position and its significance -- Acceptance of the commandments as a formal declaration -- Acceptance of the commandments as subjective intent -- Ex post facto annulment of giyyur -- Giyyur and Jewish identity.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (311 pages)
• Subjects: 296.7/14; Conversion -- Judaism; Jewish converts; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism; Jewish law; RELIGION -- Judaism -- General; Conversion -- Judaism; Jewish converts; Jewish law; Rabbinical literature; Religiöse Identität; Ritus; Rabbinische Literatur; Konversion; Judentum; Konversion -- (Relig.) -- Judentum; Judentum -- Konversion (Relig.); Konversion (Religion); Judentum; Rabbinische Literatur; Halacha; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441101280; 1441101284
• Related ISBNs: 9780826496713; 0826496717; 9780826496720; 0826496725
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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