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