Gentile impurities and Jewish identities : intermarriage and conversion from the Bible to the Talmud
This text explores the diverse views of Gentile impurity found in Second Temple and rabbinic sources. Christine Hayes seeks to to determine the role such views played in the rise and development of sectarianism within late antique society and in the regulation of Jewish-Gentile interactions.
History
368 pages ; 24 cm
9780195151206, 0195151208
50270400