The beginnings of Jewishness : boundaries, varieties, uncertainties /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1999.
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Series: | Hellenistic culture and society ;
31 |
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Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=9460 |
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?