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The beginnings of Jewishness : boundaries, varieties, uncertainties / Shaye J.D. Cohen.

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In modern times, various Jewish groups have argued whether Jewishness is a function of ethnicity (membership in a descent group, a function of birth), nationality (citizenship in a state, a function of politics), religion (membership in a group characterized by various beliefs and practices), or all...

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Main Author: Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Series:Hellenistic culture and society ; 31.
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
Subjects:
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Jews > Identity > History > To 1500.
Conversion > Judaism > History > To 1500.
Interfaith marriage > History > To 1500.
Jewish converts > History > To 1500.
Intermarriage > History > To 1500.
Jewish converts.
Intermarriage.
Conversion > Judaism.
Interfaith marriage.
Jews > Identity.
Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
History.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Who was a Jew?
  • 1. Was Herod Jewish?
  • 2. "Those Who Say They Are Jews and Are Not": How Do You Know a Jew in Antiquity When You See One?
  • 3. Ioudaios, Iudaeus, Judaean, Jew
  • pt. II. The Boundary Crossed: Becoming a Jew
  • 4. From Ethnos to Ethno-religion
  • 5. Crossing the Boundary and Becoming a Jew
  • 6. Ioudaizein, "to Judaize"
  • 7. The Rabbinic Conversion Ceremony
  • pt. III. The Boundary Violated: The Union of Diverse Kinds
  • 8. The Prohibition of Intermarriage
  • 9. The Matrilineal Principle
  • 10. Israelite Mothers, Israelite Fathers: Matrilineal Descent and the Inequality of the Convert
  • Epilogue: Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness: Us and them
  • App. A. Was Martial's Slave Jewish?
  • App. B. Was Menophilus Jewish?
  • App. C. Was Trophimus Jewish?
  • App. D. Was Timothy Jewish?

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