Toleration Within Judaism
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization; The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781906764173
Description: The Bible itself calls the Jewish people 'a company of nations', suggesting that difference within Judaism is not a new phenomenon. It has continued throughout Jewish history, and this volume investigates how and why such difference has been tolerated. Drawing on examples from different geographical areas and from ancient times to the present, the contributors consider why Jews sometimes attempt to impose constraints on other Jews or relate to them as if they were not Jews at all, but at other times recognize differences of practice and belief and develop ways of handling them. In doing so, they provide an insight into a history of Judaism as a complex web of interactions between groups of Jews despite grounds for mutual antagonism.--