Renaissance England's Chief Rabbi : John Selden /
Rosenblatt, Jason Philip,1941-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-304) and index.
Hamlet, Henry, Epicoene, and Hebraica: Marriage questions -- Selden, Jonson, and the Rabbis on cross-dressing and bisexual gods -- Selden and Milton on Gods and angels -- Samson's sacrifice -- Andrew Marvell, Samuel Parker, and the Rabbis on Zealots and Proselytes -- Natural law and noachide precepts: Grotius, Selden, Milton, and Barbeyrac -- Selden's De Jure Naturali ... Juxta Disciplinam Ebraeorum and religious toleration -- Selden and Stubbe on idolatry, Blasphemy, and the passion narrative -- Culverwel on Selden's Rabbinica: the limits of a liberal toleration -- Selden's Rabbis in the court of common pleas -- Selden on excommunication -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Selden's letter to Jonson, edited by Jason P. Rosenblatt and Winfried Schleiner.
Selden, John, 1584-1654
Jewish learning and scholarship
Judaism