Transforming identity
Subtitle: the ritual transition from gentile to Jew : structure and meaning
By: by Avi Sagi and Zvi Zohar.
Contributors: Zohar, Tsevi.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Conversion -- Judaism; Jewish converts; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism; Jewish law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The proselyte's motivation in talmudic sources; title: The proselyte's motivation in post-talmudic sources up to the sixteenth century; title: The motivation for giyyur in modern halakhic sources: adaptivist positions; title: The motivation for giyyur in modern halakhic sources: rejectionist and transformationist positions; title: Giyyur as a voluntaristic normative commitment in talmudic literature; title: Giyyur as a bodily ritual in talmudic literature; title: The canonical formulation of the ritual of giyyur; title: The yevamot paradigm in medieval halakha; title: The ritual of giyyur: aspects of the demai paradigm in medieval halakha; title: The two paradigms of giyyur; title: from the Arbaʻah turim to the Shulhan ʻarukh; title: The hermeneutical controversy regarding Rabbi Caro's position and its significance; title: Acceptance of the commandments as a formal declaration; title: Acceptance of the commandments as subjective intent; title: Ex post facto annulment of giyyur; title: Giyyur and Jewish identity.