Book contents
- Defining Jewish Difference
- Defining Jewish Difference
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Question of Israelite Distinctiveness
- 3 Allegory and Ambiguity
- 4 A Narrative of Neighbors
- 5 The Limits of “Their Laws” in Midrash Halakhah
- 6 A Short History of the People Israel from the Patriarchs to the Messiah
- 7 Syncretism and Anti-Syncretism in the Babylonian Talmud
- 8 The Judaization of Reason in the Tosafists, Nissim Gerondi, and Joseph Colon
- 9 Women’s Wear and Men’s Suits
- 10 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Biblical and Classical Rabbinic Works
5 - The Limits of “Their Laws” in Midrash Halakhah
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Defining Jewish Difference
- Defining Jewish Difference
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Question of Israelite Distinctiveness
- 3 Allegory and Ambiguity
- 4 A Narrative of Neighbors
- 5 The Limits of “Their Laws” in Midrash Halakhah
- 6 A Short History of the People Israel from the Patriarchs to the Messiah
- 7 Syncretism and Anti-Syncretism in the Babylonian Talmud
- 8 The Judaization of Reason in the Tosafists, Nissim Gerondi, and Joseph Colon
- 9 Women’s Wear and Men’s Suits
- 10 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Biblical and Classical Rabbinic Works
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- Defining Jewish DifferenceFrom Antiquity to the Present, pp. 77 - 111Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012